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[[Andrej Danko]], deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia and leader of the nationalist [[Slovak National Party]], blamed the political opposition for the attack and said the country was heading for "political war".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Slovakia PM shooting live: Robert Fico in hospital after being shot |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-69016687 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=BBC News |language=en-gb}}</ref>
[[Andrej Danko]], deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia and leader of the nationalist [[Slovak National Party]], blamed the political opposition for the attack and said the country was heading for "political war".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Slovakia PM shooting live: Robert Fico in hospital after being shot |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-69016687 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=BBC News |language=en-gb}}</ref>


International condemnation of the attack came from Armenian Prime Minister [[Nikol Pashinyan]],<ref>https://twitter.com/NikolPashinyan/status/1790768642537193512</ref> Austrian Chancellor [[Karl Nehammer]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.puls24.at/news/politik/europaeische-politiker-nach-robert-fico-attentat-schockiert/328287 | title=Europäische Politiker nach Róbert-Fico-Attentat "schockiert" }}</ref> Belgian Prime Minister [[Alexander De Croo]],<ref>https://twitter.com/alexanderdecroo/status/1790750291475804412</ref> Croatian Prime Minister [[Andrej Plenković]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aničić |first=Slavka |date=2024-05-15 |title=Andrej Plenković užasnut napadom na Roberta Fica |url=https://www.novilist.hr/novosti/hrvatska/andrej-plenkovic-uzasnut-napadom-na-roberta-fica/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Novi list |language=en}}</ref> Czech Prime Minister [[Petr Fiala]],<ref name="Vizváryová1">{{cite news |last=Vizváryová |first=Barbora |date=15 May 2024 |title=Fiala: Správa o postrelení Fica je šokujúca, násilie sa nedá tolerovať |trans-title=Fiala: The news about Fico's shooting is shocking, violence cannot be tolerated |url=https://www.teraz.sk/slovensko/fiala-sprava-o-postreleni-fica-je-so/794972-clanok.html |access-date=15 May 2024 |work=TASR |language=sk}}</ref> Danish Prime Minister [[Mette Frederiksen]],<ref>https://twitter.com/Statsmin/status/1790768518926921987?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet</ref>Dutch Prime Minister [[Mark Rutte]],<ref>https://twitter.com/MinPres/status/1790738688969748834</ref> Estonian Prime Minister [[Kaja Kallas]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Slovakia's PM Robert Fico in life-threatening condition after assassination attempt - live updates|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/15/slovakia-prime-minister-robert-fico-shot/|website=The Telegraph|date=15 May 2024|accessdate=15 May 2024}}</ref> Finnish Prime Minister [[Petteri Orpo]],<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news|title=Slovakia's prime minister Robert Fico 'in life-threatening condition' after shooting – Europe live|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/15/georgia-protest-foreign-agents-bill-demonstrations-tbilisi-latest-live-news|website=The Guardian|date=15 May 2024|accessdate=15 May 2024}}</ref> French President [[Emmanuel Macron]],<ref>https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/1790784568577994863</ref> German Chancellor [[Olaf Scholz]],<ref name="sky1" /> Greek President [[Katerina Sakellaropoulou]] and Prime Minister [[Kyriakos Mitsotakis]],<ref>https://twitter.com/PresidencyGR/status/1790776596581748824</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/PrimeministerGR/status/1790745153419849734</ref> Hungarian Prime Minister [[Viktor Orbán]],<ref name="sky1" /> Italian Prime Minister [[Giorgia Meloni]],<ref>https://twitter.com/GiorgiaMeloni/status/1790749950755692996</ref> Lithuanian President [[Gitanas Nausėda]],<ref>https://twitter.com/GitanasNauseda/status/1790741671103078728</ref> Polish President [[Andrzej Duda]] and Prime Minister [[Donald Tusk]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Fica postrelili, podľa úradu vlády je v ohrození života|lang=sk|url=https://dennikn.sk/minuta/live/20748/premiera-fica-v-handlovej-postrelili|website=Denník N|date=15 May 2024|accessdate=15 May 2024}}</ref> Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-15 |title=Зузане Чапутовой, Президенту Словацкой Республики |url=http://kremlin.ru/events/president/letters/74041 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Президент России |language=ru}}</ref> Romanian President [[Klaus Iohannis]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Iohannis |first=Klaus |date=15 May 2024 |title="Appalled to learn about the shooting..." |url=https://twitter.com/KlausIohannis/status/1790740548505969065 |website=X (formerly Twitter)}}</ref> Spanish Prime Minister [[Pedro Sánchez]],<ref name=Guardian/> Swedish Prime Minister [[Ulf Kristersson]],<ref>https://twitter.com/SwedishPM/status/1790746321319579865</ref> UK Prime Minister [[Rishi Sunak]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sunak|first1=Rishi|title=Sunak's 'shock' at shooting of Slovakian counterpart Fico |url=https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1790749897022472677 |website=Independent |access-date=15 May 2024}}</ref> Ukrainian President [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Zelenskyy |first=Volodymyr |title=Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський on X: "The attack on Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico is appalling(...)" |url=https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1790749897022472677 |website=X |access-date=15 May 2024}}</ref> US President [[Joe Biden]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chao-Fong |first=Léonie |last2=Bayer |first2=Lili |last3=Chao-Fong |first3=Léonie |last4=Bayer |first4=Lili |date=2024-05-15 |title=Slovakia’s PM Robert Fico ‘in life-threatening condition’ after shooting; suspect detained – live updates |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/15/georgia-protest-foreign-agents-bill-demonstrations-tbilisi-latest-live-news |access-date=2024-05-15 |work=the Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> President of the European Council [[Charles Michel]],<ref>https://twitter.com/CharlesMichel/status/1790742486639317397</ref> President of the European Commission [[Ursula von der Leyen]], <ref>https://twitter.com/vonderleyen/status/1790739191866753069</ref> and NATO Secretary General [[Jens Stoltenberg]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 15, 2024 |title=World reacts to shooting of Slovak PM Robert Fico |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/world-reacts-shooting-slovak-pm-robert-fico-2024-05-15/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 15, 2024 |work=Reuters}}</ref>
International condemnation of the attack came from Armenian Prime Minister [[Nikol Pashinyan]],<ref>https://twitter.com/NikolPashinyan/status/1790768642537193512</ref> Austrian Chancellor [[Karl Nehammer]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.puls24.at/news/politik/europaeische-politiker-nach-robert-fico-attentat-schockiert/328287 | title=Europäische Politiker nach Róbert-Fico-Attentat "schockiert" }}</ref> Belgian Prime Minister [[Alexander De Croo]],<ref>https://twitter.com/alexanderdecroo/status/1790750291475804412</ref> Croatian Prime Minister [[Andrej Plenković]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aničić |first=Slavka |date=2024-05-15 |title=Andrej Plenković užasnut napadom na Roberta Fica |url=https://www.novilist.hr/novosti/hrvatska/andrej-plenkovic-uzasnut-napadom-na-roberta-fica/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Novi list |language=en}}</ref> Czech Prime Minister [[Petr Fiala]],<ref name="Vizváryová1">{{cite news |last=Vizváryová |first=Barbora |date=15 May 2024 |title=Fiala: Správa o postrelení Fica je šokujúca, násilie sa nedá tolerovať |trans-title=Fiala: The news about Fico's shooting is shocking, violence cannot be tolerated |url=https://www.teraz.sk/slovensko/fiala-sprava-o-postreleni-fica-je-so/794972-clanok.html |access-date=15 May 2024 |work=TASR |language=sk}}</ref> Danish Prime Minister [[Mette Frederiksen]],<ref>https://twitter.com/Statsmin/status/1790768518926921987?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet</ref>Dutch Prime Minister [[Mark Rutte]],<ref>https://twitter.com/MinPres/status/1790738688969748834</ref> Estonian Prime Minister [[Kaja Kallas]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Slovakia's PM Robert Fico in life-threatening condition after assassination attempt - live updates|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/15/slovakia-prime-minister-robert-fico-shot/|website=The Telegraph|date=15 May 2024|accessdate=15 May 2024}}</ref> Finnish Prime Minister [[Petteri Orpo]],<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news|title=Slovakia's prime minister Robert Fico 'in life-threatening condition' after shooting – Europe live|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/15/georgia-protest-foreign-agents-bill-demonstrations-tbilisi-latest-live-news|website=The Guardian|date=15 May 2024|accessdate=15 May 2024}}</ref> French President [[Emmanuel Macron]],<ref>https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/1790784568577994863</ref> German Chancellor [[Olaf Scholz]],<ref name="sky1" /> Greek President [[Katerina Sakellaropoulou]] and Prime Minister [[Kyriakos Mitsotakis]],<ref>https://twitter.com/PresidencyGR/status/1790776596581748824</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/PrimeministerGR/status/1790745153419849734</ref> Hungarian Prime Minister [[Viktor Orbán]],<ref name="sky1" /> Italian Prime Minister [[Giorgia Meloni]],<ref>https://twitter.com/GiorgiaMeloni/status/1790749950755692996</ref> Lithuanian President [[Gitanas Nausėda]],<ref>https://twitter.com/GitanasNauseda/status/1790741671103078728</ref> Polish President [[Andrzej Duda]] and Prime Minister [[Donald Tusk]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Fica postrelili, podľa úradu vlády je v ohrození života|lang=sk|url=https://dennikn.sk/minuta/live/20748/premiera-fica-v-handlovej-postrelili|website=Denník N|date=15 May 2024|accessdate=15 May 2024}}</ref> Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-15 |title=Зузане Чапутовой, Президенту Словацкой Республики |url=http://kremlin.ru/events/president/letters/74041 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Президент России |language=ru}}</ref> Romanian President [[Klaus Iohannis]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Iohannis |first=Klaus |date=15 May 2024 |title="Appalled to learn about the shooting..." |url=https://twitter.com/KlausIohannis/status/1790740548505969065 |website=X (formerly Twitter)}}</ref> Spanish Prime Minister [[Pedro Sánchez]],<ref name=Guardian/> Swedish Prime Minister [[Ulf Kristersson]],<ref>https://twitter.com/SwedishPM/status/1790746321319579865</ref> UK Prime Minister [[Rishi Sunak]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sunak|first1=Rishi|title=Sunak's 'shock' at shooting of Slovakian counterpart Fico |url=https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1790749897022472677 |website=Independent |access-date=15 May 2024}}</ref> Ukrainian President [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Zelenskyy |first=Volodymyr |title=Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський on X: "The attack on Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico is appalling(...)" |url=https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1790749897022472677 |website=X |access-date=15 May 2024}}</ref> US President [[Joe Biden]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chao-Fong |first=Léonie |last2=Bayer |first2=Lili |last3=Chao-Fong |first3=Léonie |last4=Bayer |first4=Lili |date=2024-05-15 |title=Slovakia’s PM Robert Fico ‘in life-threatening condition’ after shooting; suspect detained – live updates |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/15/georgia-protest-foreign-agents-bill-demonstrations-tbilisi-latest-live-news |access-date=2024-05-15 |work=the Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> President of the European Council [[Charles Michel]],<ref>https://twitter.com/CharlesMichel/status/1790742486639317397</ref> President of the European Commission [[Ursula von der Leyen]],<ref>https://twitter.com/vonderleyen/status/1790739191866753069</ref> and NATO Secretary General [[Jens Stoltenberg]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 15, 2024 |title=World reacts to shooting of Slovak PM Robert Fico |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/world-reacts-shooting-slovak-pm-robert-fico-2024-05-15/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 15, 2024 |work=Reuters}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 17:16, 15 May 2024

On 15 May 2024, Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico was shot in Handlová in an assassination attempt, suffering life-threatening injuries.[1]

Shooting

Fico in 2024

The shooting occurred outside the House 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.[2] The alleged assailant was captured by several people and police cordoned off the area.[3][4] Three other ministers were escorted away from the scene.[5]

Fico was carried into a car by medical personnel[6] and taken to Handlová Hospital before being airlifted to Banská Bystrica Hospital. An interior ministry official said Fico was conscious while being transported.[7] According to TA3, a local broadcaster, four shots were fired, with one shot striking Fico in his abdomen and others striking his head and chest.[8][4][9] The Slovakian newspaper Plus jeden deň reported that Fico's condition was severe.[5] His Facebook profile stated that Fico is in life-threatening condition.[10]

Suspect

A 71-year-old man was immediately detained by Fico's bodyguards. 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".[11][12][13]

Response

Deputy Speaker of the National Council Ľuboš Blaha confirmed the shooting during a legislative session which was later suspended.[8] The interior ministry described it as an "assassination attempt"[14] and blamed opposition and liberal media.[15] Zuzana Čaputová, Slovakia's president, called the shooting "brutal and ruthless," and expressed shock for the attack and solidarity with Fico.[4] Similar sentiments were expressed by Michal Šimečka, leader of the opposition party Progressive Slovakia.[16]

Andrej Danko, deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia and leader of the nationalist Slovak National Party, blamed the political opposition for the attack and said the country was heading for "political war".[17]

International condemnation of the attack came from Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan,[18] Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer,[19] Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo,[20] Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković,[21] Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala,[22] Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen,[23]Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte,[24] Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas,[25] Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo,[26] French President Emmanuel Macron,[27] German Chancellor Olaf Scholz,[14] Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis,[28][29] Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán,[14] Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni,[30] Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda,[31] Polish President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk,[32] Russian President Vladimir Putin,[33] Romanian President Klaus Iohannis,[34] Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez,[26] Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson,[35] UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak,[36] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy,[37] US President Joe Biden,[38] President of the European Council Charles Michel,[39] President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen,[40] and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.[41]

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