attempted assassination of Robert Fico

2024 CE.

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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. During interrogation, Cintula stated that he acted primarily because of the Fico government's opposition to military assistance to Ukraine during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 21 October 2025, Cintula was convicted of a terrorist attack and sentenced by the Specialized Criminal Court to 21 years' imprisonment for the attack.

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