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On 15 May 2024, Prime Minister of Slovakia [[Robert Fico]] was injured in a shooting in [[Handlová]], Slovakia, in front of the city's [[Palace of Culture]] after a government meeting,<ref name="NewsdayShooting">{{Cite web |date=15 May 2024 |title=Slovakia's prime minister injured in shooting |url=https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/Slovakia-Prime-Minister-shooting-Robert-Fico-Handlova-p79624 |access-date=15 May 2024 |website=Newsday |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=15 May 2024 |title=Slovakia's prime minister Robert Fico 'shot' – live updates |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/15/slovakia-prime-minister-robert-fico-shot/ |access-date=15 May 2024 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref> and was subsequently hospitalized.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 May 2024 |title=Slovak PM Fico in hospital after shooting |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg6761ggxz1o |access-date=15 May 2024 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> A suspect was detained by police.<ref name="NewsdayShooting" /> Fico is reportedly in a life-threatening condition and is undergoing surgery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/slovakia-prime-minister-robert-fico-shot-head-chest/|title=Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico shot|website=Politico|date=15 May 2024|first1=KETRIN|last1=JOCHECOVÁ|first2=DOUGLAS|last2=BUSVINE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Slovak PM Robert Fico in hospital after shooting |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg6761ggxz1o |access-date=15 May 2024 |publisher=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gadzo |first=Virginia Pietromarchi,Mersiha |title=Slovakia PM Robert Fico critically wounded after being shot multiple times |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/15/robert-fico-shooting-live-news-slovakia-pm-wounded-taken-to-hospital |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref>
On 15 May 2024, Prime Minister of Slovakia [[Robert Fico]] was injured in a shooting in [[Handlová]], Slovakia, in front of the city's [[Palace of Culture]] after a government meeting,<ref name="NewsdayShooting">{{Cite web |date=15 May 2024 |title=Slovakia's prime minister injured in shooting |url=https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/Slovakia-Prime-Minister-shooting-Robert-Fico-Handlova-p79624 |access-date=15 May 2024 |website=Newsday |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=15 May 2024 |title=Slovakia's prime minister Robert Fico 'shot' – live updates |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/15/slovakia-prime-minister-robert-fico-shot/ |access-date=15 May 2024 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref> and was subsequently hospitalized.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 May 2024 |title=Slovak PM Fico in hospital after shooting |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg6761ggxz1o |access-date=15 May 2024 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> A suspect was detained by police.<ref name="NewsdayShooting" /> Fico is reportedly in a life-threatening condition and is undergoing surgery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/slovakia-prime-minister-robert-fico-shot-head-chest/|title=Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico shot|website=Politico|date=15 May 2024|first1=KETRIN|last1=JOCHECOVÁ|first2=DOUGLAS|last2=BUSVINE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Slovak PM Robert Fico in hospital after shooting |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg6761ggxz1o |access-date=15 May 2024 |publisher=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gadzo |first=Virginia Pietromarchi,Mersiha |title=Slovakia PM Robert Fico critically wounded after being shot multiple times |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/15/robert-fico-shooting-live-news-slovakia-pm-wounded-taken-to-hospital |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref>

He died on 15 may 2024.


==Shooting==
==Shooting==

Revision as of 19:41, 15 May 2024

Attempted assassination of Robert Fico
Fico in 2024
LocationHandlová, Slovakia
Coordinates48°43′38″N 18°45′34″E / 48.7271°N 18.7594°E / 48.7271; 18.7594
Date15 May 2024 (2024-05-15)
Around 14:50 CEST (UTC+2)
TargetRobert Fico
Attack type
Shooting
WeaponsRevolver
InjuredRobert Fico

On 15 May 2024, Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico was injured in a shooting in Handlová, Slovakia, in front of the city's Palace of Culture after a government meeting,[1][2] and was subsequently hospitalized.[3] A suspect was detained by police.[1] Fico is reportedly in a life-threatening condition and is undergoing surgery.[4][5][6]

He died on 15 may 2024.

Shooting

The shooting occurred outside the Palace of Culture, a cultural centre in Handlová, which had hosted a government discussion. Fico was giving a speech to a crowd at the time of the shooting. According to journalists, several sounds of gunfire were heard and Fico collapsed to the ground.[7] The alleged assailant was captured by several people and police cordoned off the area.[8][9] Three other ministers were escorted away from the scene.[10]

Fico was carried into a car by medical personnel[11] and taken to Handlová Hospital before being airlifted to Banská Bystrica Hospital. An interior ministry official said Fico was conscious while being transported.[12] Five shots were fired, with one shot striking Fico in his abdomen and others striking his head and chest,[9][13][14] leaving him in a life-threatening condition.[10][15][16]

Suspect

A 71-year-old man was immediately detained by Fico's security detail.[17] According to multiple Slovak media outlets, the suspect is from Levice and possessed the firearm legally in connection with his private security job. He had authored three poetry books and founded a "Movement Against Violence".[18][19][20] The motive behind the attack is still not fully known, but is being investigated as politically motivated.[21]

Response

Deputy Speaker of the National Council Ľuboš Blaha confirmed the shooting during a legislative session which was later suspended[13] and blamed political opposition and liberal media.[22] The interior ministry described it as an "assassination attempt".[23] Zuzana Čaputová, Slovakia's president, called the shooting "brutal and ruthless", and expressed shock for the attack and solidarity with Fico.[9] Similar sentiments were expressed by Michal Šimečka, leader of the opposition party Progressive Slovakia.[24]

Andrej Danko, deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia and leader of the nationalist Slovak National Party, blamed the political opposition and media for the attack and said the country was heading for "political war".[25][22]

Regional and global leaders and international organisations condemned the attack and expressed their support for Fico and the people of Slovakia.[26]

References

  1. ^ a b "Slovakia's prime minister injured in shooting". Newsday. Associated Press. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Slovakia's prime minister Robert Fico 'shot' – live updates". The Daily Telegraph. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Slovak PM Fico in hospital after shooting". BBC. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  4. ^ JOCHECOVÁ, KETRIN; BUSVINE, DOUGLAS (15 May 2024). "Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico shot". Politico.
  5. ^ "Slovak PM Robert Fico in hospital after shooting". BBC. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  6. ^ Gadzo, Virginia Pietromarchi,Mersiha. "Slovakia PM Robert Fico critically wounded after being shot multiple times". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 15 May 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Slovakia's prime minister Robert Fico shot – live updates Updated 2 minutes ago". The Telegraph. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Slovak PM Fico in hospital after being shot". BBC News. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "Slovakia's prime minister wounded in shooting". The Washington Post. Associated Press. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Atentát na premiéra: Na Roberta Fica strieľal útočník, premiér padol na zem" [Assassination of the prime minister: Robert Fico was shot by an assailant, the prime minister fell to the ground]. Plénum. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico injured in shooting". France 24. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Fico in life-threatening condition – govt office". Sky News. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  13. ^ a b "Slovakia: Prime Minister Fico injured in shooting – reports". DW News. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico shot in head and chest, reports say". Politico. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Roberta Fica postrelili po rokovaní vlády v Handlovej. Zasiahli ho tri guľky". TVNOVINY.sk (in Slovak). 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Slovakia prime minister shot – latest: Robert Fico's condition 'extraordinarily serious' after being shot at five times". Sky News. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  17. ^ "What do we know about Robert Fico's alleged shooter?". euronews. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  18. ^ "Šokujúce detaily atentátu na Roberta Fica: Muž, ktorý strieľal, písal básne o smrti" [Shocking details of Robert Fitz's assassination: The man who shot wrote poems about death]. Plus 7 Dní (in Slovak). 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  19. ^ "Z atentátu na Roberta Fica podozrievajú staršieho muža z Levíc. Som v šoku, reaguje jeho syn". aktuality.sk (in Slovak). 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  20. ^ Kiššová, Katarína (15 May 2024). "Podrobnosti o strelcovi: Atentát na Fica spáchal 71-ročný spisovateľ z Levíc". tvnoviny.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  21. ^ "Robert Fico's Assassination Attempt: Intel Report". specialeurasia.com. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  22. ^ a b Mánert, Oldřich (15 May 2024). "Máte krev na rukou! Ficova vláda po atentátu ostře útočí na média a opozici". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). Mafra. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  23. ^ "Slovakian prime minister shot in 'brutal' attack while meeting supporters". Sky News. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  24. ^ "Spari contro il premier slovacco Robert Fico: è ferito". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 15 May 2024.
  25. ^ "Slovakia PM shooting live: Robert Fico in hospital after being shot". BBC News. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  26. ^ "World reacts to shooting of Slovak PM Robert Fico". Reuters. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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