In reference to a authorities assembly on Wednesday afternoon exterior the city of Handlova, Robert Fico was shot with a number of photographs and fell to the bottom. He was rushed to hospital.
5 photographs are stated to have been fired, Fico is alleged to have been hit by a number of, together with within the abdomen. Throughout late Wednesday night, Slovakia’s Deputy Prime Minister Tomas Taraba said for BBC that Robert Fico “will survive” and that his accidents are now not life-threatening.
Suspected to be politically motivated
A suspected perpetrator, 71 years outdated, was arrested on the scene after the crime. The motive is just not but clear, however in accordance with Inside Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok, it’s suspected that the capturing could also be politically motivated, experiences Reuters.
Demonstrations would happen
On Wednesday, a invoice was mentioned to switch the general public service firms, writes Pravda.
In reference to the assembly, demonstrations important of the federal government have been additionally deliberate for the night. Each the assembly and the demonstrations have been canceled as a result of incident.
Right here, the suspected perpetrator is arrested after the capturing. Picture: Radovan Stoklasa/AP/TT
The President: “In shock”
Numerous politicians from each the federal government and the opposition have condemned the assault, calling it an assault on Slovak society.
“I condemn at the moment’s brutal and reckless assault on Robert Fico. I’m in shock,” signed Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová Fb. The capturing is “an assault on democracy”, she writes.
Parliament has taken a break from its work.
European leaders condemn
A number of EU leaders have condemned the assault, together with Hungary’s Viktor Orbán.
“I’m deeply shocked by the disgusting assault on my buddy Prime Minister Robert Fico. We pray for his well being,” he indicators X.
Germany’s Olaf Scholz calls the incident “a cowardly tried homicide”.
“Violence has no place in European politics. Throughout these hours, my ideas go to Robert Fico, his household and the residents of Slovakia,” he writes X.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson feedback on X:
“An assault on our democratic society.”
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SVT Nyheter broadcast stay with the rationale for the capturing. See the printed afterwards right here. Picture: MARTIN DIVISEK
