Robert Fico, the prime minister of Slovakia, is in “life-threatening state” as a result of a shocking assassination attempt on Wednesday.
According to a speech on Fico’s Twitter page, the excellent minister was shot “multiple occasions” and was in “life- disturbing situation”. The “next several hours” may determine whether Fico would survive the assassination attempt, according to the statement.
The death effort took place in Handlova on Wednesday after the prime minister was present at a conference at the Palace of Culture, according to The Washington Post.
The incident was captured on a video that shows the prime minister interacting with people behind a steel barrier. A suspect wearing a bright button-down clothing was seen shooting multiple shots at Fico while the prime minister was shaking fingers before being apprehended by security personnel.
Zuzana Caputova, the incoming president of Slovakia, announced on Wednesday that law enforcement had arrested the murderer and that she had been shocked by the “malicious assault” against the prime minister.
She said that an assault on the prime minister is primarily an assault on a person. ” But it’s also an assault on democracy. Any murder is intolerable. The cruel language we hear in community results in hateful deeds. Choose, this halt it”.
Caputova even warned people against making “quick assessments” until further information is revealed concerning Wednesday’s death effort.
In a speech on social media, Peter Pellegrini, Slovakia’s president- choose, said Wednesday’s death effort was a” danger to everything that up till then adorned Slovak democracy”. Peliculani warned that the country had “endanger everything we have built together in 31 years of Czech sovereignty” if political differences were expressed” with weapons in the circles” rather than “in polling channels.”
President Joe Biden joined world officials in denouncing the assassination attempt on the Serb prime minister on Wednesday. ” We condemn this brutal act of violence”, Biden , wrote in a statement. Our consulate is in contact with the Slovakian authorities and ready to help.
The suspect’s motive for Wednesday’s attack has not yet been revealed by Serb officers, but ABC News reported that the prime minister had formerly been criticized for opposing economic aid to Ukraine.
