JennyWayne Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 (edited) BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Media reports say Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was injured in a shooting and taken to hospital. The incident took place in the town of Handlova, some 150 kilometers northeast of the capital, according to the news television station TA3. A suspect has been detained, it said. A message posted to Fico's Facebook account said that the leader "has been shot multiple times and is currently in life-threatening condition. At this moment he is transported by helicopter to Banská Bystrica, because it would take too long to get to Bratislava due to the necessity of an acute procedure. The next few hours will decide." The shooting in Slovakia comes three weeks ahead of crucial European Parliament elections, in which populist and hard-right parties in the 27-nation bloc appear poised to make gains. Deputy speaker of parliament Lubos Blaha confirmed the incident during a session of Slovakia's Parliament and adjourned it until further notice, the Slovak TASR news agency said. Edited May 15 by JennyWayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordecai Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 This is what happens when your country won't return to Eurovision 8 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussianRoulette Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 10 minutes ago, Mordecai said: This is what happens when your country won't return to Eurovision There is a time and a place for this kind of joke. This ain't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroSuitBritney Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Somehow this is Kamala's fault 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makeme Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Damn I was just in Bratislava last week 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Slayne Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 this is a MESS. I've already seen people celebrating this... let's be clear, Fico is a piece of **** AND at the same time this is an absolutely awful thing to happen. not to mention him and his party will exploit this to further polarise Slovak society and double down on their authoritarian and far-right tendencies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ontherocks Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 He's pro Russia, so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Slayne Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 1 minute ago, ontherocks said: He's pro Russia, so... yeah and this will embolden him and his supporters to be even more pro-Russia so y'all cheering on this have no idea what you're dealing with. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolution Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Since his party will benefit anyway we might as well just take the time to celebrate his suffering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_int Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 (edited) Wait is it the one who government was directly to connect to mafia who also killed young journalist few years ago. Edited May 15 by mike_int Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator khalyan Posted May 15 ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodflowers. Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 He is horrible but this is bad news, it's gonna further empower far-right propaganda 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBeMe Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 This is horrible…no matter what…you need to work on electing people who can replace the people u hate not fuckjng kill them…wtf?!? obviously we don't know the full context of what's going on but yeah…this is massively concerning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komet Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xokuba Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 25 minutes ago, mike_int said: Wait is it the one who government was directly to connect to mafia who also killed young journalist few years ago. yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamil24 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Wow, so horrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M-P-B Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Smer just won every upcoming election in the next ten years Spoiler unless he d-words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relampago. Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Whale… after reading about him.. I guess I'm not that shocked I get the pearl clutching but these evil, evil leaders are literally kicking an entire world of hornets nests and people are heading past the breaking point. Maybe assassination attempts aren't the answer but they certainly will be a response if leaders continue to ignore the needs of their people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor fanboy Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 A Putin ally? Awww Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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