Slovakia's prime minister injured in shooting
Slovakia's prime minister injured in shooting
Media reports say Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was injured in a shooting and taken to hospital.
Update: He has been stabilized at the hospital and is expected to recover.
Update:
I HATE to put on a tinfoil hat, but this is the best thing that could have happened to the ruling party. They are already in the middle of dismantling the media and justice. This will accelerate the process.
My exact thoughts. They are already using it to atack on oposition and press, fanning the flmes. If this was false flag attack, they would not act differently. Not saying it is. But it smells.
Either way situation in Slovakia will get a whole lot worse.
it's him who would benefit the most out of it, but that's pretty useless when you're dead
Tinfoil for what? It is going to benefit a lot the ruling party... Unless you mean that he planned this. Governments plan fake assassination attempts, this one doesn't look like one.
A slovak citizen here: when you keep maling 2.5 million people angry, you will find someone who is let’s say more active and decides to handle the situation on its own.
As a citizen, I am becoming worried because all the government was talking about, was how it is opposition's fault (it’s not) whilst in the reality it’s the government polarizing the society.
I am not surprised, they (ruling party) bank on polarizing people, attacking journalists and populism/prorussian reathorics.
I just listened to their press conference and they just pour gasoline on this situation. Like I nearly vomited hearing the accusations of journalists, opposition parties...
Especially Lubos Blaha and Andrej Danlo were disgusting.
Don't want to be a conspircy theorist but this smells of an attempt to make him a martyr (false flag or done unwillingly by some 3rd party) to justify iron grip and even stronger attacks on democratic principles. There are also allegations he worked with mafia, so might be that too.
But even if I was wrong, it doesn't matter as they act just the same - already blaming oposition and the press for it.
We should also take into consideration that if I remember correctly, he or other government official already warned of this happening.
Either way, the fact this would happen in Slovakia is honestly terrifying.
What's the over/under on the attempted assassin being Russian?
Actually Fico ran on the pledge to stop Slovakian military aid to Ukraine.
“Populist” means far right Russian stooge these days.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66972984
"If (Fico’s party) Smer enters government, we will not send a single round of ammunition to Ukraine," (Fico) recently told supporters. (Before the election, which Smer won)
Most of Eastern European politics can be boiled down to "Pro-western elitists vs. pro-russian populists"
So anyone can be behind that assassination attempt, even pro-Russians as a false flag. Poor fucker shouldn't have taken the money
Zero....his electoral platform was basically "stop helping Ukraine".
There's no upside for an independent Russian resident of Slovakia to be a provocateur and potentially kill their ally, and nothing would reinvigorate weakening Western support for Ukraine than the Russian state attempting to assassinate a European head of state.
So about that... Gunman Who Shot Slovak PM Linked to Pro-Russian Extremist Group
That is a possibility as a Russian would not care much for Slovakia and try to break unity in the west.
My first thought too. Putin is cleaning house internally. And this can just be a good move with fico not being loyal enough so you martyr him and get an even more usefull idiot in his place.
The update is bulshit OP. Last official update I've seen is from 2 hours ago and he was still in surgery nd in life threatening condition. You put out that "update" long before that
That's one sure-fire way to get rid of fascists.
My grandfather did it in the 1940s.
I have no love for Fico but this is not the way. This will slide Slovakia towards more to the far right - and more quickly. This is also just before EU elections and the ruling parties will absolutely use this (they already are).
I wouldn't say he's a fascist. He only ever presents what the majority of the voters wants to hear.
Every time the party needs a new demographic on board, he either changes the rethoric, or, if it's a taboo topic, allies himselves with people not afraid of breaking that taboo.
Fascist and populist are not mutually exclusive.
Here we go again!
Franz Ferdinand vibes
This is the best summary I could come up with:
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Media reports say Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was injured in a shooting and taken to hospital.
The incident took place in the town of Handlova, some 150 kilometers northeast of the capital, according to the news television station TA3.
A suspect has been detained, it said.
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