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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lili Bayer

Fico shooting could trigger media crackdown in Slovakia, editors fear

A group of people with TV cameras stand in the foreground during a press conference in a gilded room
Journalists attend a press conference given by Slovakia's outgoing president Zuzana Čaputová, and her successor, Peter Pellegrini, in Bratislava on Thursday. Photograph: Petr David Josek/AP

Journalists in Slovakia fear the attempted assassination of the country’s prime minister, Robert Fico, could lead to even more polarisation and a crackdown on independent voices.

In the hours after Fico was shot on Wednesday, several senior politicians from the ruling coalition blamed independent media and the opposition for the incident.

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