“His life is at risk” –

Assault in Handlova, close to Bratislava: Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico was injured by a number of gunshots, his life is at risk. The attacker was stopped, he’s believed to be a 71-year-old man. The information on the finish of a authorities assembly. The prime minister, hit whereas he was greeting the gang, was transferred to hospital. The 59-year-old politician was wounded within the chest and abdomen with three or 4 pictures. The assault occurred on the finish of a authorities assembly in Hadlova. In accordance with native newspaper Dennik, Fico went out to greet the gang when pictures have been fired. The prime minister was transferred to a hospital in Bratislava by helicopter. The attacker was recognized as 71-year-old Juraj C.

“Robert Fico was the sufferer of an assault. He was shot a number of instances and his life is at the moment at risk. He’s at the moment being transported by helicopter to Banská Bystrica, as a result of it might take too lengthy to get to Bratislava, given the necessity for an intervention pressing. The following few hours shall be decisive”, reads a publish on the Slovak prime minister’s Fb web page.

The messages of dismay and closeness from nationwide and European establishments have been instant. “I realized with deep shock the information of the cowardly assault on the Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. All my ideas are with him, his household and the pleasant Slovak individuals. Additionally on behalf of the Italian Authorities I want to categorical the strongest condemnation of any type of violence and assault on the important thing ideas of democracy and freedom”, says the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, in a observe.