Handball Player Murder Suspect Sztojka Ivan Turned Himself In

Sztojka Ivan, one of the suspects in the killing of Romanian handball player Marian Cozma, turned himself in to the Veszprem police Thursday night, Hungarian media reported.

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Police is reported to have already started hearings and will organize a press conference to give more details on the case.

After the killing of Cozma, rumor had it Sztojka had fled to Italy or was hiding in Romania, while witnesses said they spotted him twice in Szekesfehervar.

Hungarian news agency MTI reported Thursday that Sztojka had written a letter to his mother, telling her he is innocent and would turn himself in. Sztojka wrote his mother that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time and denied having killed Cozma. In addition, he said he will turn himself in, so that the situation can be clarified.

The car that Sztojka, Raffael Sandor (accused of killing Cozma) and Nemeth Gyozo used Saturday night was found.

Hungarian authorities arrested Gyozo Nemeth and Sandor Raffael in Austria. The third suspect, Sztojka Ivan, is still at large.

Romanian national handball team player Marian Cozma, 26, was stabbed to death Saturday night in an altercation that also involving two of his team mates, Serb Zarko Sesum and Croatian Ivan Pesic.

Cozma will be buried Friday at the Pipera Cemetery in Bucharest.

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