Handlova: In a shocking event, four-time Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, was wounded in a shooting incident on Wednesday in Handlova and has been hospitalised, reported The Slovak Spectator. A Reuters witness heard several shots fired after the meeting in Handlova, northeast of the capital Bratislava. Also, the police have detained a man and security officials pushed someone into a car and drove off, the witness said.
Slovak news agency TASR quoted parliamentary vice chairman Lubos Blaha as saying Fico had been shot and hurt. Broadcaster TA3 reported four shots were fired, one hitting Fico, 59, in the abdomen.
Emergency services said a helicopter had been sent for a 59-year-old man in Handlova after receiving information that he had been shot.
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Police forces were seen putting up a cordon around the venue where Fico gave a press conference in Handlova.
US President Joe Biden
“I am alarmed to hear reports of an attack on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. We condemn this horrific act of violence. Our embassy is in close touch with the government of Slovakia and ready to assist.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin In Message to Slovak President Zuzana Caputova
“There can be no justification for this monstrous crime. I know Robert Fico as a courageous and strong-minded man. I very much hope that these qualities will help him survive this difficult situation. Please convey to him words of the most sincere support, as well as wishes for a speedy and complete recovery.”
European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen Reacts
“Such acts of violence have no place in our society and undermine democracy, our most precious common good. My thoughts are with PM Fico, his family.”
Czech President Petr Pavel Reacts
“The attack on Robert Fico is clearly reprehensible, whatever its motivation was. It should be a warning to us about where deepening spite and aggressiveness in society can lead. I wish for Robert Fico to emerge from this incident without lasting effects.”
Reaction From German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
“News of the cowardly assassination attempt on Slovakian Prime Minister Fico shocks me deeply. Violence must have no place in European politics.”
Reaction From Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
“Every effort should be made to ensure that violence does not become the norm in any country, form, or sphere.”
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