15 May 2024

Politics & Power

attempted assassination of Robert Fico

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On 15 May 2024, Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico was shot and critically injured in the central Slovak town of Handlová, in front of its House of Culture after a government meeting. He was hospitalised and stabilised after emergency surgery. The perpetrator, 71-year-old Juraj Cintula, was detained by police at the scene.

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Robert Fico, April 2024European Commission (Vladimir Simicek)CC BY 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Robert Fico portrait, 2025 largeEuropean Commission (Christophe Licoppe)CC BY 4.0Wikimedia Commons

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