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15/05/2024

Media appearances

Assassination Attempt against Slovak Prime Minister Fico — Orbán: ‘God bless him and his country’

Péter Szitás

New article by Péter Szitás, published in the Hungarian Conservative

According to Slovak media, the assailant of Prime Minister Robert Fico is a 71-year-old man from Levice who kept a gun legally. PM Fico is currently undergoing life-saving surgery according to Slovak reports. Not long after the assassination attempt, Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán tweeted on X the following: ‘I was deeply shocked by the heinous attack against my friend, Prime Minister Robert Fico. We pray for his health and quick recovery! God bless him and his country!’