Slovak Prime Minister Shot

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Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot and wounded in an apparent assassination attempt Wednesday as he made an appearance outside a community center, local media reported.

Fico was airlifted to a nearby hospital. His official Facebook page said he was "shot multiple times and is currently in a life-threatening condition." Slovak broadcaster TA3 said Fico, 59, was shot in the abdomen after a meeting in the town of Handlová, about 100 miles (161 km) northeast of the capital Bratislava, in central Slovakia.

Slovakia’s acting parliament president, Peter Žiga, said “I perceive this as an attack on the principles of Slovak democracy,” Reuters reported.

“Such a horrible act has never happened in Slovak history. I consider it to be the result of whipped-up passions and the division of the Slovak society into two irreconcilable camps,” he added.

Slovakia has experienced several incidents of serious violence over the past few years. In 2022, two people were killed in a shooting outside an LGBT venue in Bratislava. In 2018, investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová were shot dead in their home.

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Born into a working-class family on 15 September 1964, Fico – a lawyer by profession – began his political career with the Communist party shortly before the 1989 Velvet Revolution that led to the breakup of former Czechoslovakia.

He set up his centre-left Smer-SD party in 1999 after being turned down for a ministerial post by the Democratic Left, the Communists’ political heirs.

Embroiled in allegations of corruption he has always denied, Fico is brash and outspoken, with a penchant for bodybuilding, football and fast cars.

Fico admires both Vladimir Putin, saying he would not permit the Russian president’s arrest under an international warrant if he came to Slovakia, and Hungary’s illiberal leader, Viktor Orbán, “who defends the interests of his country and his people”.

The Smer leader is also a tactician: in a three-decade career, he has navigated successfully between mainstream, pro-EU positions and a fiercely nationalist, anti-western rhetoric destined mainly for domestic consumption, proving more than willing to change tack depending on public opinion or political reality.

Fico’s critics have raised concerns over the past months that he is taking a more Russia-friendly approach to foreign policy.

Sources:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/slovakias-pro-russia-prime-minister-robert-fico-wounded-in-apparent-assassination-attempt/ar-BB1mrerf
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/slovakia-s-prime-minister-robert-fico-shot-in-abdomen-and-undergoing-surgery-europe-live/ar-BB1mpW9h

[Economy 52,861]

Dam. Dunno anything about him but crazy what the world is coming to

 

Also surprised something like this hasnt happened with Trump yet tbh...

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1 hour ago, Economy said:

Also surprised something like this hasnt happened with Trump yet tbh...

Literally my mom said, when I told her, "Why hasn't anybody done that to Trump yet?"

[Economy 52,861]

13 hours ago, calmar said:

Literally my mom said, when I told her, "Why hasn't anybody done that to Trump yet?"

Im never gonna outright wish anyone dead (unless they were Adolf Hitler level evil & genocidal)...

 

But i gotta admit, a part of me is lowkey in favour of him getting shot for the greater good of millions. Not gonna outright wish it but just sayin

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25 minutes ago, Economy said:

Not gonna outright wish it but just sayin

Andrea Swift take note

[Roughhouse Dandy 13,614]

Am I allowed to say I'm jealous of Slovakia rn orrrrrrrr

[Citrom 652]

43 minutes ago, Roughhouse Dandy said:

Am I allowed to say I'm jealous of Slovakia rn orrrrrrrr

You shouldn’t, not because it’s bad but because it’s causing a bigger mess, also the right (at least Hungary’s f.cking prime minister orbán) is using this in the campaign saying the shooter was a liberal leftist… so we are not a step further

[Future Lovers 7,613]

Isn’t this guy a little insane and evil or am I thinking of another leader in this region 

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49 minutes ago, Citrom said:

You shouldn’t, not because it’s bad but because it’s causing a bigger mess, also the right (at least Hungary’s f.cking prime minister orbán) is using this in the campaign saying the shooter was a liberal leftist… so we are not a step further

I didn't know any of the nuance or the fallout. Thank you for the info 💜

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1 hour ago, Future Lovers said:

Isn’t this guy a little insane and evil or am I thinking of another leader in this region 

I mean that could be applied to a good amount of people, but you may be thinking of Viktor Orbán in Hungary.

2 hours ago, Citrom said:

You shouldn’t, not because it’s bad but because it’s causing a bigger mess, also the right (at least Hungary’s f.cking prime minister orbán) is using this in the campaign saying the shooter was a liberal leftist… so we are not a step further

Yeah, I saw that right away one of the other people in the government was saying this and that it was the fault of the media But now that we know the guy's name and that he used to be in this pro-Putin pseudo-military group I'm not sure. From what I read, he was in that group, it got disbanded, he (seemingly?) became more liberal, and now he does this.

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Maybe the days where politicians were afraid of things like this, are coming back? Idk I wouldn’t be too opposed to it, let’s just say that.

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1 minute ago, Pennywise said:

Maybe the days where politicians were afraid of things like this, are coming back? Idk I wouldn’t be too opposed to it, let’s just say that.

It also happened with Shinzo Abe in 2022 because the shooter was upset Abe was in a cult that was financially bankrupting the shooter's mother. It did result in Japan tightening down on political affiliations with that cult, so...

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2 hours ago, Citrom said:

You shouldn’t, not because it’s bad but because it’s causing a bigger mess, also the right (at least Hungary’s f.cking prime minister orbán) is using this in the campaign saying the shooter was a liberal leftist… so we are not a step further

oh so theyre using america's playbook  god, im tired

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1 hour ago, calmar said:

It also happened with Shinzo Abe in 2022 because the shooter was upset Abe was in a cult that was financially bankrupting the shooter's mother. It did result in Japan tightening down on political affiliations with that cult, so...

They should really re-learn that they are public servants. Americans are really horrible at this, as they worship politicians for some reason. 

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5 hours ago, phantasmas said:

oh so theyre using america's playbook  god, im tired

It's not really the american playbook. It's the fascist playbook. It's just being used in a lot of places these days.