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The shooting of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is an example of the more serious acts of political violence in parts of the European Union. It was the first attempt on the life of a European head of state since 2003, and reflects a growing polarisation across the continent. Eric Maurice, researcher at the European Policy Centre, said there are numerous factors behind the discontent. ''It's true that on the one hand, we can see in the election results a rise in the extremes, in the radical forces, on both the right and the left, with an increasingly uninhibited political language, in verb...
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Robert Fico's security team made grave mistakes during Wednesday's assassination attempt on the Slovakian prime minister, according to an expert on personal security. Dr J Ervin Kis helped Euronews analyse the available footage of the attempt on his life in the central town of Handlova. According to Kis, Fico, marked in the above picture with a red arrow, is not boxed in by his bodyguards, the closest one being a good metre away, right before the assailant opened fire. Kis explained that the biggest problem, however, is on Fico's left, where the bodyguards are even further away. As the shots c...
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As the journalists gathered around the makeshift podium at the Roosevelt Hospital in Banská Bystrica on Wednesday night, Prime Minister Robert Fico’s government ministers couldn’t hide their state of shock. Fico, who was shot in an assassination attempt in Handlova earlier in the day, was being operated on in the nearby building for several hours, and the information was sparse. “We can talk about whether you like the prime minister or not, he is fighting for his life,” a visibly rattled Defence Minister Robert Kaliňák said in his opening statement. “I cannot find words for what we’re witnessi...
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Shots were fired, and the assailant was apprehended. The area is evacuated. Fico was transported to the hospital in Banska Bystrica. Slovak politicians condemned the attack, with Deputy Speaker Lubos Blaha blaming progressives for spreading hatred, while opposition party Progressive Slovakia called for restraint. Slovak President Zuzana Caputova said on Wednesday that the shooting attack on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was "also an attack on democracy."
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At least two French prison officers were reported dead as four armed men ambushed their van on inmate transfer duty in the country's northwest on Tuesday. The incident occurred at the Incarville toll booth near Val-de-Reuil in Normandy. The two officers, including the driver, died in the shootout, while three others were injured. The freed inmate was being transported from the town of Rouen to Evreux. According to the domestic press, the detainee is known as 30-year-old Mohammed Amra. He is said to have been convicted of burglary and is known for cases linked to drug trafficking. Meanwhile, Fr...
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Local media reported that Israeli military tanks entered Jabalia refugee camp overnight after the IDF warned that 100,000-150,000 Palestinian civilians would need to "evacuate". The Jabalia refugee camp is densely populated, and local media reported military tanks were surrounding evacuation centres and residential buildings. Mustafa Barghouti, who is the head of the Palestinian National Initiative party, posted a video claiming to show Israel's bombardment of the camp. The video cannot be independently verified. Gaza civil defence has said its teams are unable to access the camp since Israel ...
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Ukraine's intelligence service intercepted a Russian plot to murder President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of Vladimir Putin's re-inauguration this week. Vasyl Maliuk, the head of the Ukrainian State Security Service, said in a statement that Russian intelligence agents targeting Zelenskyy sought out members of the Ukrainian military close to the president's security detail who could take the leader hostage and later kill him. Two colonels in the State Guard of Ukraine, which oversees security for top officials, were detained on suspicion of participating in the plan. The colonels are alleged to ...
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An internal Finnish Party committee has recommended that MP Timo Vornanen be kicked out of the party's parliamentary group, after he was arrested for his suspected involvement in a shooting incident outside a Helsinki karaoke bar last Friday morning. The suspected shooting incident began around 4am on Friday at the Ihku nightclub in downtown Helsinki, according to the police. The incident occurred as Vornanen and another group of people got into an altercation which culminated in Vornanen producing a small-calibre firearm and firing a shot into the ground outside the venue. Vornanen has argued...
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A sword-wielding man attacked police and members of the public in London on Tuesday, killing a 13-year-old boy and injuring four others. Police say the incident in the east London area of Hainault is not being treated as terror-related. Police were alerted to the incident by reports of a man driving a vehicle into a house on a residential street, and of people being stabbed at a nearby underground station. Two police officers were amongst the wounded. A 36-year-old man was arrested at the scene. Police say they do not believe there is a threat to the wider community. "I cannot even begin to im...
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Sydney (AFP) - Plusieurs centaines de personnes se sont rassemblées dimanche avec des bougies sur la plage emblématique de Bondi, à Sydney, pour rendre hommage aux six victimes qui ont succombé aux coups de couteau d'un assaillant dans un centre commercial voisin. Ces meurtres du 13 avril ont causé la stupeur chez de nombreux Australiens, dans un pays où les crimes d'une telle violence restent rares. Le public s'est assis sur l'herbe dans un parc du bord de mer pour pleurer les cinq femmes et l'agent de sécurité pakistanais qui ont trouvé la mort lors de l'attaque dans le centre commercial Wes...
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