On the evening of Friday, 4 November 2005, student Daniel Tupý had arranged a rehearsal with his band.

At around 21:30, his mother phoned to tell him that she had bought him a coat he had wanted for a long time. He was pleased, and told her that he and his friends were on their way from rehearsal to the Propeler pub on Tyrš Embankment in Petržalka.

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At that time, Propeler was a popular spot for alternative youth. The location was also known as a place where neo-Nazis would come to attack random groups of people.

Around midnight, the police rang the doorbell of Daniel’s parents’ home in Žilina. They informed them that their son had been involved in a fight and was dead. At first, they could not believe it, as Daniel was a non-confrontational person who never sought out fights.

“Our entire world collapsed,” said Daniel Tupý Sr. during his statement to the police on 28 October 2025. In addition to his testimony, he also filed a new criminal complaint.

Based on a legal analysis of the entire case, he requests that the suspicious circumstances of the investigation be examined — an investigation that, even after 20 years, remains unresolved. 

Twenty years back

The murder of student Daniel Tupý in 2005 sparked a wave of public outrage. The case became a symbol of resistance against extremism and violence.

At that time, neo-Nazis regularly attacked people with impunity. The student’s death, however, was a turning point. Despite the police’s considerable efforts to follow the initial leads, they failed to track down the attackers.