Assassination attempt in Slovakia: Juraj Syntula was preparing an attack on Robert Fico for a month

Journalist of Radio Slovakia International, Hilary Ruiz, assures more than once that there is at the moment no official information about the condition of the Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico, who was shot five times while he was leaving the city house was shot. Culture, from Handelova in central Slovakia, where the executive composed of left-wing populists and ultranationalists held a meeting.

Hilary reports that a press conference is scheduled to take place in the hospital and the latest information on Slovak television is that she is in “stable” condition in critical condition.

“No official information was received at night.”The journalist said.

Regarding what is known about the attacker, Hilary says that there is not much, but it has been published in the Slovak media that he is a writer, a poet, is 71 years old and has a weapons permit. It appears that in the past, the attacker was a security guard and therefore may have legally possessed a weapon.

Furthermore, Slovak media say that while he was a guard in a shopping centre, he was attacked by some youths and after this he organized a group against violence.

Journalists report that the perpetrator of the attack is complaining about a law the government is preparing to control public radio and television.

Hilary says that, according to what the press has published, and from the videos the attacker has published on social networks, it can be inferred that he had been preparing the attack for some time, about a month.

Robert Fico’s political position

Regarding where the Prime Minister of Slovakia can be placed politically, Hilário says that he started from social democratic positions and is developing. Furthermore, he assured that Robert Fico cannot be classified as pro-Russian because the position from which he won the election is to withhold military aid.

Slovak society is extremely polarized

As for whether there is a breeding ground for this attack, the journalist indicates, yes, there is.Slovak society is very polarized, especially since the murder of Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend in 2018. The journalist was about to publish an article about alleged links between politicians in Slovakia and the Italian mafia.

The opposition accused the current government of having blood on its hands and the attack appeared to be the pinnacle of polarisation.