The man who critically injured Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Wednesday was a fierce critic of the latter’s decision to stop arms shipments to Ukraine, Interior Minister Matuss Sutaj Estok has said.
Fico was shot at point-blank range several times on Wednesday as he greeted supporters in the small town of Handlova.
The assailant was immediately arrested and the prime minister was rushed to a hospital in serious condition.
Local authorities said earlier that there was a “clear political motivation” behind the attack.
Media reports identified the attacker as Juraj Cintula, 71, said to be the founder of the Slovak Association of Writers and a supporter of the opposition Progressive Slovakia party.
On Tuesday, Sutaj Estok confirmed earlier media reports that “the perpetrator is charged with the premeditated crime of attempted murder” and stressed that this was “a politically motivated act.”
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Early leaks: Slovak PM's would-be assassin's wife is an ultranationalist Ukrainian woman, who was an activity in the so-called Euro Maidan of 2014 that led to illegal coup...
Ministry of Interior of Slovakia: The attacker admits during interrogation that he shot the PM because of the latter's position blocking EU's delivery of weapons to Ukraine.
PS: The dude will be found mentally ill. Had he been pro-Russian he would have been branded a terrorist.
It looks like Slovak Prime Minister Slovak's Assassin was an agent of the Communist Czechoslovak Secret Police? Anyways, every time they talk about about a "lone wolf" shooter I immediately think
secret service act of terrorism...
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
How might the actions of one individual impact the perception of an entire political movement or group they are associated with?
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It can make the political movement riot more and make the political movement angry and cause destruction since they agree with the one assasinated
@ZealousDannyRepublican2yrs2Y
The would-be assassin who shot/wounded Slovak Prime Minister Fico is Juraj Cintula
He is a progressive and a member of the Slovakian leftist "Anti-Violence Movement."
Once again, political violence comes from the left.
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