Slovak PM Fico shot and in a ‘life-threatening’ condition

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Slovak PM Fico shot and in a ‘life-threatening’ condition

Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico attends a press conference during a Special ********* Council Meeting on April 18, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium.

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Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico on Wednesday was shot multiple times in an ************** attempt that has sent shockwaves across the continent.

The 59-year-old has been transported by helicopter to hospital in the central Slovak city of Banska Bystrica to receive treatment.

A post on Fico’s official

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page said the prime minister was “shot multiple times and is in a life-threatening state” after an “attempted **************.”

“In this moment he is being transported by helicopter to Banska Bystrica, because to Bratislava it would take too long considering the urgency of the matter. Coming hours will decide,” the post said, according to an NBC translation.

Slovakia’s Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar confirmed to CNBC that Fico was shot several times at close range shortly after a government meeting in the central Slovak city of Handlova.

“I strongly condemn this insidious ******* on the Prime Minister as an ******* on democracy,” Blanar said in a statement. “We all believe that the Prime Minister will overcome this difficult ******,” he added.

Separately, Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová “strongly” condemned the “brutal and ruthless *******” in a

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Fico returned to power in September last year after campaigning on a pro-Russian and anti-********* platform.

A person is detained after a ********* incident of Slovak PM Robert Fico, after a Slovak government meeting in Handlova, Slovakia, May 15, 2024. 

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********* leaders reacted with shock to the news and wished Fico well.

“I strongly condemn the vile ******* on Prime Minister Robert Fico,” ********* Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said via social media platform X.

“Such acts of ********* have no place in our society and undermine democracy, our most precious common good. My thoughts are with PM Fico and his family,” she added.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban

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he was “deeply shocked by the heinous *******” against Slovakia’s Fico.

“We pray for his health and quick recovery! **** bless him and his country!” Orban said via X.

******* Chancellor Olaf Scholz

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news of “the cowardly ************** attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Fico has shocked me greatly.”

“********* must have no place in ********* politics. At this time, my thoughts are with Robert Fico, his family and the citizens of Slovakia,” Scholz said via a

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Security officers move Slovak PM Robert Fico in a car after he was injured in a ********* incident, after a Slovak government meeting in Handlova, Slovakia, May 15, 2024. 

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the ******* on Fico was “appalling” and “strongly” condemned the act of *********.

“Every effort should be made to ensure that ********* does not become the norm in any country, form, or sphere,” Zelenskyy said via X.

“We sincerely hope Robert Fico recovers soon and express our solidarity with the people of Slovakia,” he added.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala

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the news of Fico’s ********* as “shocking” and said he wished Slovakia’s prime minister will “get well as soon as possible.”

“We must not tolerate *********, it must have no place in society,” Fiala said in a

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