DISINFO: Ukraine may be involved in the attempt on Slovakia’s PM Robert Fico

Unsubstantiated claim about the assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. This claim was made in the context of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. No evidence is provided to support the claim. Fico was shot as he was speaking to people in the small town of Handlová after a government meeting there on 15 May 2024. The suspected gunman, identified by Slovak media as 71-year-old former security guard and amateur poet Juraj Cintula, was charged with attempted premeditated murder and was put in pre-trial detention by a special penal court on 18 May 2024. Fico is out of immediate danger now but remains in intensive care. The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has condemned the attack on the prime minister of Slovakia.
Title: DISINFO: Ukraine may be involved in the attempt on Slovakia’s PM Robert Fico
URL: https://euvsdisinfo.eu/report/ukraine-may-be-involved-in-the-attempt-on-slovakias-pm-robert-fico/
Publisher: EU vs Disinfo
Date published: May 16, 2024
Description:

Unsubstantiated claim about the assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. This claim was made in the context of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

No evidence is provided to support the claim.

Fico was shot as he was speaking to people in the small town of Handlová after a government meeting there on 15 May 2024. The suspected gunman, identified by Slovak media as 71-year-old former security guard and amateur poet Juraj Cintula, was charged with attempted premeditated murder and was put in pre-trial detention by a special penal court on 18 May 2024. Fico is out of immediate danger now but remains in intensive care. The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has condemned the attack on the prime minister of Slovakia.

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