Slovakia's populist prime minister shot multiple times in attempted assassination
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The message posted to his account said that Fico “has been shot multiple times and is currently in life-threatening condition."
  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    4·
    8 months ago

    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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  • threeduck@aussie.zone
    54·
    8 months ago

    My understanding is that the current PM is sympathetic to Putin, and that the assassin was complaining how PM was dismantling the free press in Slovakia.