A suspect in the shooting of Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, has been charged, the country’s interior minister said on Thursday, describing him as a “lone wolf” who was radicalized after last month’s presidential election.
Mr.
Fico’s condition had stabilized after what his government called a politically motivated assassination attempt, but he was “not out of a life-threatening situation,” the deputy prime minister told a news conference. He said Mr. Fico had only a “limited” ability to communicate and faced a “difficult” recovery.
The authorities have not named the suspect, who Slovakian news media outlets described as a 71-year-old amateur poet. But the shooting on Wednesday immediately raised political tempers in the Central European nation, which was already sharply divided between supporters of Mr.
Fico (pronounced FEET-soh), who back his right-wing nationalist and anti-immigration policies, and opponents who accuse him of destroying democracy.
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@SyrupGaryLibertarian2yrs2Y
Lone wolf or known wolf? Very few assassins are random insane people. Most political killers are at least part of a political network and ideologically motivated.
@BrightWigeonPatriot2yrs2Y
Lone wolves don't exist.
All the big assassinations are faked.
@CruelC4mpaignGreen2yrs2Y
Bollocks was it a lone wolf
@R3volutionPearGreen2yrs2Y
Sounds like another JFK job
@CruelC4mpaignGreen2yrs2Y
honest these people really do take us for fools
@RhinoSarahSocialist2yrs2Y
Within 24 hrs we have the No conspiracy conclusion. Nothing to see here, move along.
My Lee Harvey Oswald analogy of yesterday was closer than even I thought.
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