Averageman
05-15-24, 11:28
As a point of reference,
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand[a] was one of the key events that led to World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated on 28 June 1914 by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip. They were shot at close range while being driven through Sarajevo, the provincial capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, formally annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908.
And Now?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/slovakia-s-prime-minister-shot-and-gravely-injured-in-attempted-assassination/ar-BB1mr6V7?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=464706c68e51472fa602c2f4016a06e6&ei=7
The populist prime minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, was in life-threatening condition Wednesday after being shot in an "attempted assassination," his office said.
Fico’s Facebook page said in an update: “He was shot multiple times and is in a life-threatening state.”
It said that he was being taken to a hospital in the city of Banská Bystrica rather than in the capital, Bratislava, because "it would take too long considering the urgency of the matter."
Fico has found common cause with Viktor Orban, the right-wing authoritarian leader of Hungary, Slovakia's neighbor to the south, in ending support for Ukraine's defense against Russia's invasion and criticizing Western support for Kyiv.
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, strongly condemned the attack in a post on X.
“Such acts of violence have no place in our society and undermine democracy, our most precious common good,” she said.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E0OoHVbyd0
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand[a] was one of the key events that led to World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated on 28 June 1914 by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip. They were shot at close range while being driven through Sarajevo, the provincial capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, formally annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908.
And Now?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/slovakia-s-prime-minister-shot-and-gravely-injured-in-attempted-assassination/ar-BB1mr6V7?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=464706c68e51472fa602c2f4016a06e6&ei=7
The populist prime minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, was in life-threatening condition Wednesday after being shot in an "attempted assassination," his office said.
Fico’s Facebook page said in an update: “He was shot multiple times and is in a life-threatening state.”
It said that he was being taken to a hospital in the city of Banská Bystrica rather than in the capital, Bratislava, because "it would take too long considering the urgency of the matter."
Fico has found common cause with Viktor Orban, the right-wing authoritarian leader of Hungary, Slovakia's neighbor to the south, in ending support for Ukraine's defense against Russia's invasion and criticizing Western support for Kyiv.
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, strongly condemned the attack in a post on X.
“Such acts of violence have no place in our society and undermine democracy, our most precious common good,” she said.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E0OoHVbyd0