Fico was shot in Handlova after the government negotiations, he is being taken to the hospital
15/05/2024, 14:50
15/05/2024, 14:58
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The exit meeting of the government took place in Handlova today.
After Wednesday's government meeting in Handlova, shots were fired. According to HN information, Prime Minister Robert Fico was the target. The newspaper N informs that Fico is injured, HN has the same information. The Prime Minister is currently being taken to the hospital,
"There was a crowd of people waiting outside and one of them started shooting. He was immediately pacified and detained, the security guards took the prime minister away. According to our information, the shooter was supposed to be aiming at the prime minister himself," describes the situation, an external employee of HN, who is on the scene.
We will update the report.
https://hnonline.sk/slovensko/96149439-fica-v-handlovej-po-rokovani-vlady-postrelili-vezu-ho-do-nemocnice
by klinec
38 comments
And we are officially fucked
the number of people praising the shooter is amazing. No matter how you dislike the dude, he doesn’t deserve it. Be human after all.
Is this legit news?
Can anyone give some background on the potential aims / cause of the shooter?
Was this random?
No matter how much of a fucker Fico is, shooting him is absolutely stupid from all points of view. This is how you create martyrs or, if he lives, boost his popularity. Just idiotic!
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Good luck to our Euro friends in Slovakia, who are probably about to be on the receiving end of the worst government crackdown on freedoms since 1948.
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Any further news / motives known? Were there any threats known to his person already?
Unfortunately, this is completely unsurprising. Mood shift in the country ever since COVID was towards radicalization, polarization and hatred and Fico along with other politicians and media have played a significant role in supporting it, after all fear and hate are powerful tools.
Now that Fico is on the receiving end on this , things will only get worse, so congrats to the dumbass who did this. No matter how much you don’t like the guy, this is absolutely unacceptable and stupid way to resolve it that will only lead to more polarization and hate.
It’s frankly mind blowing what’s happening in this country.
Other sources say he was shot 4 times to the chest and stomach. High chances of dying, I’d say.
E: Reuters says only one hit, 4 fired.
not defending the shooter but it was only a matter of time until something like this or worse would happen here.
If someone wants to take the freedom of the whole country, he should expect that at least one person will do something so drastic
Damn, this kind of violence never leads anywhere good
That is not good. He will become a martyr and Slovakia is fucked.
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Inb4 they start blaming Ukraine.
Do we have any idea what is the potential motive here? Political radicals? Organized crime?
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Well … I’m not sad or anything, but surprised for sure.
The Orbán-curse strikes again.
For fucks sake. Good luck Slovakia for what’s to come and brace yourself for the russian propaganda that is about to flood your news
As much as you hate a politician, and there is a hell of a lot to hate about Robert Fico, using violence against them never, ever helps in any way what so ever. If anything, it gives them (or even more so their party if they don’t survive) way more support and power. Because as a victim he can direct blame and weaponise his victimhood to his maximum advantage. So far, 2024 has not been kind to Slovakia in the slightest. Let’s hope he isn’t hurt too badly. And let’s hope this wasn’t politically motivated. The only glimmer of hope is that the guy has somewhat of a maffia past, so perhaps, in a best case scenario, it’s just his past catching up with him.
Slovakia has been Fraz Ferdinanded
This sure doesn’t seem good
Ngl this is the the kind of news you would get in a war game weeks before a world war.
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Moscow and their stooges in Europe are going to go wild with this.
Sow wind, reap storm
dennikn wrote that one of the ladies saw wounds on head and chest. might be serious.
Years ago there was a scandal about cash being siphoned from the mines. Smer was implicated.
Smer kept brown coal mines subsidized through higher electricity prices and obligation of electricity producers to buy coal from mines. all that to avoid EU ban on subsidies to coal mines.
The mines were oficially closed in 2021, not even during Fico’s tenure. My wild guess is that the shooter was a pissed off miner.
He’s gonna make it according to local media:
“It’s a gunshot wound to the abdomen and arm. He’s currently out of danger. They’re going to operate on him”
choosing a mobster to run any place always turns out as a bad move
Right now, government politicians have just accused the “liberal media” and the opposition of attacking the Slovak prime minister in a televised press conference.
And they are promising to change laws to curb the media.
No president will go to their office by bicycle as of now.
Aaaaaaand this has just turned a few cogs in a machine which will take years to slow down, if even…
I’d say something, but I’ll probably be banned if I do
There’s an aftermath video on Slovak subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Slovakia/s/JpSkNpLuNy
I am convinced that the shooter had no choice. Fitzo provoked him
Being a Putin bootlicker is bad for your health anyway you look at it. Sucks that he was shot though, his side will squeeze every drop of juice out of this.