Robert Fico stable after shooting as Slovakiaβs president-elect calls for unity
16 May 2024 at 12:30
Peter Pellegrini says PM βescaped death by a hairβ and urges people to temper their emotions after βwe crossed a red lineβ
The Slovakian prime minister, Robert Fico, is in a stable condition but βnot out of the woods yetβ, officials have said, as the countryβs president-elect pleaded for unity after a shooting that laid bare the deep political divisions of recent months.
The shooting, the first major assassination attempt on a European political leader in more than 20 years, sent shockwaves across the continent, with leaders linking the violence to an increasingly febrile and polarised political climate across its countries in the run-up to European parliament elections in June.
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