There’s a saying that tells us that ‘the criminal always returns to the scene of the crime’. What is perhaps not as frequent is for the victim to do so.
Yesterday (15), Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico held a government meeting – under tight security – at the very site where he was shot a year ago.
Fico accused the Liberal-Globalist opposition of making the political atmosphere even more poisonous today.
Reuters reported:
“Snipers were deployed on roofs and barriers erected around the culture centre in Handlova where Fico – the pro-Russian leader of a leftist-nationalist governing coalition – was hit by four bullets on May 15 last year.”
A crowd of people came to the square on the anniversary of the sinister attempt passed through metal detectors as police lined the streets.
“’The country is in a terrible shape when it comes to the hatred that we hear from the opposition all day long’, Fico told reporters at a briefing after he held his cabinet meeting at the site.
‘We are a millimeter from another tragedy, and if it happens, (the victim) will be a representative of the ruling coalition’, he said.”
NEW: “I’m even more afraid now than I was before.”
A year ago today, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was the subject of an assassination attempt by an opposition activist.
Here, he speaks candidly about the incident.
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Fico underwent surgeries for the life-threatening wounds to his abdomen caused by the shooting.
“Juraj C., the then 71-year-old man who was arrested after the shooting, has said he aimed to hurt, not kill Fico, and that he disagreed with Fico’s policies. His trial on terrorism charges is due to start on July 8.”
Fico returned to power after a 2023 election victory. He ended military aid to Ukraine, and has been in constant dispute with Kiev over the end of Russian gas transit this year.
Read more: Fico was the only EU head of government to go to Moscow to celebrate ‘Victory Day’.
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