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Prime minister of Slovakia reportedly shot and injured (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 4 months ago by HowRu68@lemmy.world to c/europe@feddit.de

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Slovakia’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, has reportedly been injured in a shooting and taken to hospital.

Then incident occurred after a Slovak government meeting at a location outside Bratislava, news agency TASR reported on Wednesday, without giving further details.

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[–] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 21 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I am not surprised, they (ruling party) bank on polarizing people, attacking journalists and populism/prorussian reathorics.

I just listened to their press conference and they just pour gasoline on this situation. Like I nearly vomited hearing the accusations of journalists, opposition parties...

[–] DieguiTux8623@feddit.it 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There are many politicians who are going to profit from this event, for sure.

The occasion to ban opposition parties, censor non-aligned press and furtherly restrict people's freedom is too perfect to be missed.

[–] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yeah sure but they just don't realize how bad the situation is. I think that this isn't what's gonna happen.

Slovak politics is insane from mafia killing journalists to prime Minister throwing bananas on politicians because they behave like monkeys.

[–] illi@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

prime Minister throwing bananas on politicians because they behave like monkeys.

Not at all familiar with this at all, care to share?

[–] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It is in Slovak but here you go:

https://www.cas.sk/clanok/212346/matovic-rozdal-poslancom-banany-spravaju-sa-ako-cvicene-opicky/

Edit: he wasn't prime Minister then

[–] illi@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Slovak is just fine ;) Thanks for the link too, though I'll not give them any clicks lol

Figured it must've been Matovic. Also tracks this was before he was PM, I'm sure I wouldn't have missed it otherwise.

[–] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 months ago

I think it was part of podcast Vlevo Dole where it was like quiz - what Matovic didn't do in function. It was hard because all of the options sounded similarly insane.

[–] HowRu68@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah sure but they just don't realize how bad the situation is.

I guess you must be right. Probably, outsiders ( like me) can't phantom what's really going on..

[–] Vivarevo@sopuli.xyz 10 points 4 months ago

Fico had a journalist murdered already for reporting on his mafia connections