Posted on 05/15/2024 7:01:23 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
HANDLOVA, Slovakia, May 15 (Reuters) - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot and wounded in the abdomen after a government meeting on Wednesday, Slovak media reported.
A Reuters witness heard several shots fired after the meeting in Handlova northeast of the capital Bratislava. Police detained a man and security officials pushed someone into a car and drove off, the witness said.
Slovak news agency TASR quoted parliamentary vice-chairman Lubos Blaha as saying Fico had been shot and hurt. Broadcaster TA3 reported four shots were fired, one hitting Fico, 59, in the abdomen.
Emergency services said a helicopter had been sent for a 59-year-old man in Handlova after receiving information that he had been shot.
The government office could not immediately be reached for comment.
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, condemned what she described as a vile attack on Fico.
The Slovak government was meeting in Handlova, 190 km (118 miles) northeast of Bratislava, as part of a tour of the country's regions after coming to power late last year.
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Wasn’t someone shot near there to start WWI?
Slovakia has been feuding with the EU leadership in Brussels. Like with Hungary, Slovakia has been passing laws the EU does not approve of.
Hmm…is that in any way connected to the shooting?
My money is on ISIS-K (wink, wink, nod, nod).
Fico won a third term as Slovakian prime minister last October after running a campaign that criticized western support for Ukraine. Ahead of the election, Fico made no secret of his sympathies towards the Kremlin and blamed “Ukrainian Nazis and fascists” for provoking Vladimir Putin into launching the invasion, repeating the false narrative Russia’s president has used to justify his invasion.
1. Islam
2. US Intel agency
3. Domestic political
4. Lone gunman
Or a combo?
Sarajevo is a 450 mile drive away.
He is described as a populist who opposes illegal immigration, NATO for Ukraine and forced vaccinations
Archduke Ferdinand again?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo, the incident that sparked WWI
This has CIA written all over it.
A warning message for Orban.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-03-16/under-robert-fico-slovakia-tilts-toward-russia
Under Fico, Slovakia Tilts Toward Russia
With Robert Fico’s return to power last year, Slovakia has veered toward the politics of Hungary’s Viktor Orban, becoming one of the most pro-Russian countries in Europe.
Slovakia is still formally fulfilling its commitments toward the EU and NATO, but the shift has been dramatic. And next weekend’s presidential election could end up solidifying this trajectory.
Hope he has a speedy recovery, probably has a great credit score...
I saw that!
The shooter of the Slovak Prime Minister turned out to be a 71-year-old supporter of the pro-Ukrainian Slovak party Progressive Slovakia, writer Juraj Cintula.
If you need to ask...
I heard he was quite anti globalist.
After what happened to Shinzo Abe, how was a 71 YO geezer allowed to get the drop on Fico?
LOL !
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