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·
    27 days 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·
    26 days 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.