Security experts see Fico shooting as protection 'failure'
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Experts in Slovakia have criticized the security precautions for the country's Prime Minister Robert Fico, after Wednesday's assassination attempt.
"Fico himself spoke a few weeks ago about the danger of someone shooting at politicians," former Slovakian police chief Stefan Hamran told the Dennik N newspaper on Thursday. He wondered who had analysed this and assessed the threat.
He also criticized the reaction of security staff after the shots were fired. "There was chaos there, that is obvious and that is a failure."
The former head of the Slovakian personal security unit, Juraj Zabojnik, also criticized the prime minister's bodyguards. "If four or five shots can be fired, someone is to blame," he told the news channel TA3. He said he had not seen any of the bodyguards stand in front of the head of government.
Fico was shot on Wednesday as he shook hands with members of the public after a Cabinet meeting in Handlová.
