Video shows moment Slovak Prime Minister shot multiple times by 71-year-old gunman | BBC News
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- The Prime Minister of Slovakia has undergone hours of emergency surgery after being shot multiple times while leaving a government meeting and passing through crowds of people in the town of Handlova.
Robert Fico was said to have been stabilised following “life threatening injuries”. It’s reported that five bullets were fired and he was hit in the stomach, arm and leg.
The suspect, a 71-year-old man, was arrested at the scene. Slovak media reports said he had worked as a security guard at a shopping mall and that the attack may have been politically motivated.
Slovakia has become increasingly polarised under Robert Fico’s government. His populist party is anti-EU and has opposed sending military aid to Ukraine, arguing that Slovakia should avoid foreign military engagements and focus on national priorities. His government is currently seeking to close down Slovakia's public broadcaster which it accuses of not being objective and creating political divisions. Opposition parties say the plan is a threat to democracy.
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Security needs to be sacked.
I think it's just impossible to stop a determined gunman. Humans can't react fast enough. I can't think of any assassination attempts that were thwarted by security as it happened. Secret Service failed twice with JFK and Reagan(who didn't die but he got shot), macron got slapped before the perp got body slammed, the women protesters ran up to Putin before getting tackled by security. It's basically an impossible job.
No one in his government seems shocked or surprised. It's almost like they expected this to happen. Looks like we are headed to WW3. Whoever is really running things in our part of the world wants the majority of us to die in a senseless war.
as if anyone at the BBC knows where Slovakia is on the map let alone what they are talking about. Perhaps a non-binary, black, trans person should be reporting on this issue since it clearly affects them most.
Wow bro chill.... @@AutoAlligator
Where were the security cameras rediclous
Worse security team ever.
Dont you fear gun shots?
@@mypurpose.It's why they are highly trained security and ur a CZcams key board warrior so I'm not shocked by how u reason
JFK RFK MLK Malcom X wouldnt agree with you
Worst*
71 year old overcoming the full team of Young Security team right in front is no less then robbery in Daylight.
I call it danger in disguise.
God save us all🙏
Hedvig Malina wikipedia - this is what kind of people work in slovak police, and how Fico "handles" ordinary citizens.
Even after 71 no accuracy.
+mickankit. True. Some use all those goons in suits were.
@@OskarHersch Don't be stupid. Malinová, Kuciak, the shooter in the Bratislava gay cafe - the same manual for removing an inconvenient politician! In Wikipedia, there should be an article about Matovič under the name Slovak Caligula. But he obeyed and was not dangerously self-righteous.🤪
Security were so useless in this situation
They were not useless, just following orders from the West.
These are the only type of comments they allow. There are many being deleted to preserve the narrative...which is already a bit thin...
Looked like they had orders to ignore threats, probably because they were working for Klaus Schwab, just like the hitman.
@@jannevellamosame security who whee watching over Epstien🤷♂️
wonder if that happened to the JAPAN crew 'protecting' their ex-Prime Minister (he is dead)??!.....Hmmm
What the hell was his security detail doing
Coffee break? T)
putin is stirring up yet more trouble in Europe! T)
Orders?
@@tioo5265 Ah yes, ignorant one. I dont think you even watch the whole news here. The called so PM get shot, is the figure of pro-russian. If Putin meant to butt in, why get his supporters to get assassinated in return? Or maybe, you just been both ignorant and brainless.
he loves to go shake hands and talk with his senior fanbase and did that hundreds of times before so there was absolutely no expectation of such thing when shooter looked like them
How the security allowed the gunner to fire 5 times baffles me
they dont like habsburgs
Woke
They got scared and jumped away.
lol who would want to risk their life for some random politicians who probably steals your tax money
@@karl5175he does. But he pays them from the stolen money.
Imagine a 71 year old being able to get that close with a firearm… security looks sus
Why is 71 year old important or relevant here?
Also "to get that close with a firearm": I hate to break it to you, but pretty much anyone can be carrying a handgun, for all you know. If you get close to people and those people haven't been searched, they can be carrying a gun.
This was allowed to happen, Orban needs to watch his back from EU gangsters.
@@dreamthedream8929because how do you get shot by a 71 year old LMAO 😂😂a slow ass man
Something terribly wrong with the security. It's absolutely ridiculous!!
Those are the 71 year old family members.
That security detail was horrible. All three agents to his right were looking at him and the person he was interacting with instead of at least one of them watching the surrounding crowd. The undercover guy at 1:43 can be seen behind and to the right of the assassin, also fixated on the people he was interacting with. The agent in the suit nearest to the assassin should’ve been alerted by his aggressive move forward. What a pitiful group.
72 year olds don't LOOK dangerous 😂
Seriously, I appreciate your breakdown... I am an old lady and have to learn slow motion settings🙆
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@shaynelahmed6323
True, but it’s not age, it’s behavior.
@@LuckyCharms777 For real, they're trained in order to not get trusty with anyone, despite their appearance and age; however, they got a little too comfy for their own good; they forgot the basics, probably because nothing happens most of the time. There's always someone crazy out there; it may not happen now, but it may happen another time. Their error was to think it would never happen.
@@LuckyCharms777and people can disguise as older
You have to have a bulletproof vest
Damn if he only had a bulletproof vest
You can't wear those all the time
Agreed but it might not help
@@FoogleBoogleindeed when you had a broken rib from absord all the energy
@@bigmock141 I mean it's not hard to hide a bulletproof vest while wearing a suit, it's probably the easiest clothing to hide a vest in actually
This is how WW1 was started.
thats what i was thinking
Was going to say this
The question is who is stirring the pot now
@@qorrriThe new "axis"
@@qorrri
Zelensky of course.
The PM had a close security protection detail. But the shooter was still able to get 5 shots off in close proximity. What's that smell?
I smell the Clintons! 🐖 🐷 🐽
Political figures getting shot in the crowd of people is not unheard of: a Japanese ex-prime minister getting shot dead a couple years back in a very similar situation. Conspiracy? Meh.
Does tin foil even have a smell?
@@Svennigresearch conspiracy theories, they generally tend to come true🤷♂️ Or just keep your eyes tight shut🙈🙉🙊
NPC 😂@@Svennig
How can he get shoot 5 times and there's like 7 professional security personnel & the person who did it is still alive. How is this possible 😮
Maybe security personnel were involved in this.
Putin paid off the security
29 US Congressmen have been shot and wounded or killed, 4 US presidents have been shot and killed, 2 US presidents have been shot and wounded but survived. You over estimate the value of personal bodyguards.
Brain freeze can happen to anyone in a sudden shocking situation.
@@marmara9741 common! we don't expect that from those who are providing security to the PM.
First a former priminister of Japan (Shinso Abe) gets shot and now the slovak PM gets shot. Am I seeing a trend here?
Some POO-liticians are tired of being slaves for the Illuminati. So....when whenever POO-liticians don't follow their orders, then they're replaced.
Same security of John Kennedy
But my man won't go down even after 5 shots. 2pac. Died after 1 shot
@@ALAXUKNUTRITIOUSLTD
He didn't shot by a sniper through head
Wrong!! This was in very close range and not a Sniper distance😏
and Shinzo Abe
Well, if you compare it to Jfk then talk about the Momo Sad
If that was in Kenya, the suspect together with 10 around him would be dead by now with countless people injured of gun wounds.
Waah wakenya wamejaa yt
That's for sure, bro. No jokes in Kenya wangemalizwa karibu wote
Victor Orbans security detail will be tightened up
Alexei Navalny, Yevgeny Prigozhin... And now the Slovakian PM. Putin needs to be stopped!
@@SalimAsitand yet Putins not against trump. Says everything.
@@SalimAsit😂😂😂😂😂
@@SalimAsit Slovakian PM is pro Russia, why would Putin do this?
@@SalimAsit Why will Putin assassinate a Russian leaning PM?
Security didn't have ignition key from the Audi, so they had to run to the gate to retrieve them... Go figure.... Back to training
Omg they hid this fact from us in Czechia. 😭
Smells like an inside job to me. Seems the US wants change in Slovakia.
Dumbest security team 👎
So security made sure all 7 bullets got him before they did anything???
What kind of security is that
"The prime minster too close to Russia"
Oh my god we all know this was a pro Ukrainian stop being stupid
So NATO and Ukraine wants him dead!?
@@Project02025Another CIA operation
@@Project02025what planet u on putin is responsible he’s the one playing hitler remember Putin ain’t only killing innocent children he’s also killing innocent animals
@@Project02025 the old dude loved russia above else what do you expect out of Slovakia. He just seemed to convert in his recent years, but many doubt that.
Where’s the actual video?
There's like hundreds of security guards what the heck what they're doing!?
The exact same thing they were doing for like 15 years... this isnt something that happens in Slovakia, very rare, probably even first time in history
Could the security have been aware. The police seem to be so lenient and just standing doing nothing
Security is a total mess why did the car not move out of harm's way after the PM was in the car, security failure if you ask me
The driver was no where to be found, he had d car keys
One scene from footage of shooting in Slovakia shows how frustrated security was when one of them started to shake barrier. Slovakian security has simply watched when shooter fires multiple times to Slovakian Prime Minister.
DAR LA KROKUS ??
Pozrite si ako viaceri za barierou držia pevne barieru, a ešte predtým si pozreli do očí než začal strieľať.+
Big club Hit
He wouldn’t comply
True.
The security detail needs to be arrested. How is it possible to get five rounds off and five hits? The security detailed leader should be immediately jailed. Here’s why.: The “meet and greet“ group of civilians was not screened, the Prime Minister had no ballistic vest or garments,. No security personnel between the Prime Minister and group of civilians,. The armor, safe car was not properly positioned,. The crowd was immediately dispersed, instead of being detained,. Security detail personnel immediately confused and stood around,. No uniform police escort to the hospital,. The list of blunders continues to grow by the minute.
that's your own opinion,
Fico Je športovec. Každé ráne chodí bežať niekoľko km, bez ochranky. Robí to stále. Dúfam že jeho kondícia mu zachráni život. Slovensko ho potrebuje. Nehľadajte za tím Mosad alebo CIA. Starčekovi vymyli mozog Slovenské neobjektívne médiá.
@@stolly27 Well no it's not.... he stated observed facts lol.
Are you Clint Eastwood?
@@dinsdaleblueonly if he calculated it in less than 14 seconds .
5 shots before security took him down? 😮
It's funny how people try to involve Ukraine in this. It's clear that the majority have no clue about the history and the political situation in Slovakia
Ukraine has nothing to do with it directly. But besides other things the shooter said that he is unhappy that our PM is not supporting sending weapons for Ukraine. This attempt is the result of constant brainwashing by the media and some politicians and constant hate speech against the PM. They are blaming him for everything. Calling him a criminal, gangster, head of mafia and many other things. That old man who tried to kill him said he is unhappy with government decisions and repeats all these phrases that some media and politicians spread across the whole society. The result of this is the nation is totally divided and we are at the edge of civil war. Ukraine is one of the reasons. Because the narrative is if you want peace and don't want to send weapons there you are a pro russian or russian agent and therefore you are a villain. This is what so-called liberals and democrats say here. There were many threats of killing and other verbal attacks on social media if you don't follow narrative spread by mainstream media that we should support Ukraine. If you have a different opinion than you are a bad person or they have even worse terms which are very similar to German untermensch (underman) And this shooting is a result of these tensions in our society. Even our president as a head of state was strongly against our PM and she's been refusing to meet with him so she indirectly is responsible for that shooting. Shooter was her supporter. I'm not blaming her but she did nothing for stopping this dividing for 5 years. Actually she divided us even more because she was holding only one side. The one which strongly supports Ukraine.
Shocking & disgraceful .
Fascinating how many close-protection experts there are on CZcams comments.
He doesn’t want mass and illegal immigration into his country and I don’t blame him. Look at France, UK and others - isn’t good.
What's your country?
lol no Immigrant really like to living in Balkan countries if the more promising western European countries still opening their border
Small hats want open border
@fireflyric4516 Slovakia isn't part of Balkan, u better check geography next time!
That is why he was blocking aid to Ukr??? Different issue. I don't like illegal immigration also but Fico was and is disgusting
Shooter is 71 yo, meaning he was 37 when Slovakia went democratic. It is quite possible that this person has extensive experience of living under dictatorial system with Soviet Russian way of doing things. If the prime minister is seen as pro Russian this could be a possible motive for attack.
Fico and his party spread hate over 3 years hate between people. Get your time and study some information.
I think you got it right. Also, wasn't Fitso tied somehow to the murder of Ján Kuciak and his girlfriend?
The motive for attack is brainwashed head of old sick man, who was not able to accept, that his politic side was defeated in regular democracy elections. And there is big different to not support the war with all weapons the country and army has in stocks and between living under Your imaginary dictatorial system You idiot...
That theory is scilly. Who is not Russia leaning? I am! I was 18 when the Soviet union ended and Russia could start rebuilding itself and flourish. Why would anyone anti communist have anything against todays Russia? It is the West that is in steep decline.
@@oogabooga6346A ty si Nostradamus ??!!!DDD Takže tak 😂😂😂😂😂
I'm sad for him and his family nobody deserves to go through that I hope he makes a speedy recovery that is so f***** up what world are we living in😢
Yes... a world ruled by the Mossad with the CIA and MI-6
Goddamn please don't tell me my Mexico is insecure. I'm just getting videos of insecurity all over the world please stay safe and be kind to everyone were all brothers we will see soon how true that is
There is no such thing as a 100% safe place, but let's not pretend that the likelihood of suffering violence is much higher in some places than in others.
Isn’t this how World Wars begin..?
nah
@tollph3314 well... there has been 2 world wars, and half of them started this way
Na..if russia can invade a country with impunity..then someone getting shot from a country that most people have never heard of is highly unlikely to start world war 3
@@eddiebear34 not a good comparison, Franz Ferdinand was heir apparent to a large powerful empire that wanted an excuse to absorb a smaller neighbour. Slovakia is at best a minor player in European politics.
Why, because of a tiny russian puppet? Pf
Where is his bulletproof vest
Where is the blood?
He's the prime minister. 🤣🤣🤣
condolences
Should not happen
01:28 guy in grey t shirt on right, gunman looked at him just before as if to say, now?
Ha ha, you tit!
I think that's more of a furtive glance.
3.23"unite all society against evil hate and violence "
What planet is he living on
Me, reading the Left Behind book series by Tim LaHaye: "This scares me 🥺"
@@uplink-on-yt
The 70th week of Daniel and the jesuit lie of futurism by uncontrolled oppersition
If governments would stop making awful decision for the public to in reality, only benefit there own pockets, these things would've never happened in the first place!🙄🙄
yeah I guess Kennedy made some awful decision against the public in his time as well
Zuzana Čaputová, Slovak President:"'The police... will provide further information... Until then, let us not pass quick judgments, please. "
@@SalimAsit This isn't judgment, this is reality!!
Bro, even the pope was shot. Some people don't need a reason
the guy was manipulated by the media and by someone via Facebook.he was a pensioner and Fico gave money to pensioners... his Facebook was deleted 2 hours after the attack. Who deleted it?
He rejected WEF recently, do your research...
he has been destroing slovakia for nearly 20 years, do your research...
Smolhatsjawb
@4lic444 you have been destroying spelling errors, watch your spellings 😅
@@fireart3077 english is not my native language
Guess who just recently denied aide to Ukraine? 😅
You mean news from back in Nov 2023? Fact checked. Don't post BS.
@@Royan1900that's fairly recent in terms of global politics.
@@sweeneytodd011Nowadays, even just one week is not enough “recent”
@@sweeneytodd011 Even if that's so, the original commenter made it sound like Slovakia denied aids to Ukraine just this past week and "Ukraine" took revenge. You know exactly what I am talking about, don't get cute with semantics.
So by your logic. Anyone who disagreed with Zelenskyy should be killed? Bet you tout democracy, while having dictatorial beliefs against anyone who disagrees with your nazis friend.
When exactly does the driver of the car plan to get into it?!
When something set to happen there's nothing you can do
It was OJ
Please don't let this turn into a archduke franz Ferdinand situation
I'm so shocked seeing this happen.... What are the securities doing? 😮....
To je isté Ukrajina a Amerika. Odmietol sa zúčastniť vojne s Ruskom
But after the usa, there is Is rat hell
Nepi už ten toluén toľko. Ficiak sa zúčastňuje vojny fašistického ruSSka proti Ukrajine schvaľovaním putlera.
All the security in the world cannot stop a gunman who is willing to be captured. I am sure the PM would have insisted on meeting people.
All those "guards" surrounding him failed big time. Seems they didn't even see the old man raise the gun. Their heads seemed to be looking at the Prime Minister rather than scaling the area.
Poor security
Politics has now become a do-or-die affair pretty much everywhere!
always have been. even at the time of roman empire kings and queens are always targeted for "Politics".
Poor security 😢
That team should be investigated.
stop pictures at 0:18 there is no any drop of blood on crime scene ?
Kind of strange that they walked him in to the ER rather than running
The man on the floor being detained did not look like he was in his 70s
Oh no, anyway
These reactions are in this video. Even if you have a thousand pieces of security, if somebody really wants to do things like this, then there is no security. Especially if the guy like this one is not telling it to someone.
All of a sudden everyone on CZcams is a security specialist, lol.
Imagine we find it out it was over cold curly-fries!!
Hmmm
This is the result of ignoring people's wishes, don't underestimate people .
"illiberal Prime minister " everyone can understand this words
To každý premiér má byť hnusný Liberál???!!!! Ako liberálov vám nemôže vadiť Sociálny demokrat !! Iba , že ste fašista !!DDD Takže tak
I don't understand what the security was doing were they envoled.
How is he alive Just boggles my mind ....either the gun was trash or something?
Those were point blank 5 shots , atleast 2 bullets should definitely be on target . The rest were disturbed by the security guards.
wtf does that even mean “too close to Russia”
Too far from the US 😉
Russian stooge.
What are they doing intervening on the other side of the world 😂
Means aiding the foreign policies of that expansionist terrorist state.
it means that we were occupied by russia and join NATO as fast as we could to escape that mordor Iinfluence, this fool that studied in Moscow was trying to drag us back, we say no way ...
There is no video. Only a still image.
Like daaaaa,,😂😂y would they show him being shot on national TV,, calm down
So sad
Very poor security....This is apalling
Slav against Slav total shame
Right, shame on russia for invading another Slav country.
Right?
They don't want another Orban...
They: being the EU tyrannical overlords. Funny how the EU's unelected council keeps spewing propaganda about "freedom" and "democracy" but the moment one of the EU member states disagrees with the main narrative they get punished into submission. Some _democracy,_ Ursula and Borrell. 😆
Well..they just elected him..
Who are they?
Fuck Hungary
?
terrible .... 😮
How many state tv employees could have named him half hour before this happened? None i think.
And Blinken was dancing in Kiev on cementary of Ukrainian state...pathetic times.
Communist wannabe state.
I'd bet Putin is paying attention to what happened here.
Alexei Navalny, Yevgeny Prigozhin... And now the Slovakian PM. Putin needs to be stopped!
Don’t forget the West plays checkers when it comes to war, but Russia plays chess.
@@SalimAsitteba treba zastaviť. Nevieš čo píšeš.
@@SalimAsit😂😂😂 he was against the USA interference in Ukraine and for the peace deal proposed by Russia.
He was an ally of Putin
Security detail very poor
EU security is dramatically changing while US & UK are deeply inside of each and every European state affairs to achieve their joint long sighting vision to keep Europe under their hegemonic upper hand 🤔
So much evil … prayers for this Prime Minister! Hate is always at first hand.
Hate is exactly what himself, and his colegues sprread, and escalade over 3 years.
@@xayszykis6759Oh, yes … just blame the victim. Is this not another word for hate?
@@newsguy3401 I do not blame victim. I only say that, what happend to him, is reason of divided society, wich he and his collegues had direct responsibility. Not everyone has "moral" fuses and mental stability, it was just a question of time, samething like this happen.
@@xayszykis6759 That's not true, you're lying! Fico resisted the hatred for much longer than three years when it turned into insanity! I wish him a speedy and complete recovery! He is a personality, unlike those incompetent minions of foreign puppeteers!
@@ssos5939 You are insine. Who wants to know truth, just a google to find out, what exactly they did during last 3 years.
I'm reminded of the suspicious incompetence of the secret service when JFK was taken out...
Typically as security, it is military aged males that catch your eye. A 71 year old assassin is wild.
Must be the CIA
Must be the CIA writing that comment.
Dont forget! This is where "Hostel" occured. Dangerooous!!!
It's crucial for the government to listen to the voice of the people and consider the collective interests of the majority. When a government prioritizes the needs of a single individual or a minority over the well-being of the larger population, it can lead to widespread discontent and resistance. By acknowledging the concerns and aspirations of the populace as a whole, the government can foster a sense of inclusion and unity, reducing the likelihood of widespread opposition. This approach can contribute to a more stable and harmonious society, where the government is seen as a true representative of the people's will.
securities should first check the people surround
Makes you think of the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Not really.
More like JFK, and conducted by the same people by the way
no it doesnt
@@tommy12331it's an obvious association tbh, it doesn't need to be "pushed".
No as the person who killed Franz Ferdinand was from another countries which is the very reason why a war started. This shooter is from Slovakia and you can't go to a war against yourself.
could it be the CIA?
It can always be the CIA.
Smells like the CIA. Now if only the blame can be put on Putin, European nations will increase funding in Ukraine. They may even send the army in Ukraine.
😮
no
@tollph3314 let be honest it could be. The CIA has done much worse.
Abe the ex PM of Jspan was also shot and killed like this a few months ago
more than a few months ago
Poor security details
Putin should be paying attention.
Why? Putin's security detail is otherworldly. Putin has his own private army.
Talking about covid and Ukraine can be dangerous to your health
Yep.
Cringe
Your close in security sucks.
So was murdered Abe in Japan too. Security problems or elimination?!
America could be behind it.
Nope, not the case
@@Dudelsackpfeiferjust like nords stream aye
@@curiositycloset2359 No, in this case it's an old poet and former security guard who didn't like Fico's politics
@@curiositycloset2359 Yes, so if America is behind one thing, it must be behind everything. I farted this morning, must've been America put something in my food.
@@Dudelsackpfeiferhe holds up Ukraine funding and war efforts. And this isn't the first time a president gets shot without any obvious motivation
He was against West and US's aggressive policies
From what I've read, he was against the WHO Pandemic Treaty.
FSB inside job
You mean he’s a Putin dick rider got it
Was he supportive of Russian aggressive policies?
Zuzana Čaputová, Slovak President:"'The police... will provide further information... Until then, let us not pass quick judgments, please. "
I came for the comm ents on the security detail. Absolutely rubbish. They didn't seem to know what to do in this type of situation. At all.
wish ours would take note
I guess the US didn't like him!
He had rejected WHO plan. Coincidence?
Yes
Exactly
Probably a coincidence. Just like all of the other conspiracy theories being made in this comment section
He's also a pro Russia advocate against NATO expansion. Stop trying to push your own agenda 😂
Yes, it’s a coincidence.