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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSlovakia's Prime Minister Fico expected to survive after being shot
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240516-slovakia-s-prime-minister-fico-expected-to-survive-after-being-shotSlovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is no longer in a life-threatening condition after he was shot in an assassination attempt when leaving a government meeting on Wednesday, a government minister said. The gunman shot Fico, 59, five times, initially leaving the prime minister in critical condition and undergoing surgery hours later on Wednesday evening.
"I was very shocked ... fortunately as far as I know the operation went well - and I guess in the end he will survive ... he's not in a life-threatening situation at this moment," Slovak Deputy Prime Minister and Environment Minister Tomas Taraba told the BBC's Newshour.
Taraba said one bullet went through Fico's stomach and a second hit a joint. News outlet Aktuality.sk cited an unnamed source saying Fico was out of surgery and in stable condition. Defence Minister Robert Kalinak told a news briefing hours earlier that Fico had suffered "serious polytrauma" after several shot wounds.
Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok had said earlier that Fico was in a life-threatening condition while he remained in the operating room. "This assassination (attempt) was politically motivated and the perpetrator's decision was born closely after the presidential election," Sutaj Estok said, referring to an April election won by a Fico ally, Peter Pellegrini.
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Slovakia's Prime Minister Fico expected to survive after being shot (Original Post)
Celerity
May 15
OP
if you found out he was going to be the next Hitler or Stalin how would you feel?
NoRethugFriends
May 16
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AllyCat
(16,337 posts)1. Yet another inability to accept results of an election
Terrible.
NoRethugFriends
(2,412 posts)2. Well, he is a fascist
AllyCat
(16,337 posts)3. Sure, but kill him?
NoRethugFriends
(2,412 posts)4. if you found out he was going to be the next Hitler or Stalin how would you feel?