Ex-Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis attacked throughout parliamentary election marketing campaign
Former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis was briefly hospitalized after being hit within the head with a strolling stick throughout a marketing campaign occasion on Monday.
The incident occurred within the village of Dobra within the jap a part of the nation, the place the chief of the right-wing ANO get together was assembly supporters forward of the October parliamentary election.
In line with ANO spokesman Martin Vodicka, an assailant struck Babis within the head from behind with a “steel object.” ANO MP Zuzana Ozanova, nevertheless, instructed the web site iDENS.cz that the politician was hit with a strolling stick. Police stated the attacker, who has not been recognized, was detained on the scene. His motives stay unclear.
Babis was taken to a hospital for exams and later discharged. “Thanks all on your help. I hope I’ll be superb. Tomorrow I’ll be ready for additional evaluation of the examination outcomes, however for now the medical doctors have advisable that I relaxation,” he wrote on X. He canceled an analogous journey deliberate for Tuesday.
🚨 Předseda hnutí ANO Andrej Babiš byl dnes napaden berlí do zad. Stalo se to tak na setkání s voliči v Dobré u Frýdku-Místku.Incident podle na místě řešila policie. Babiše podle informací ošetřují v místní nemocnici. pic.twitter.com/r8ARb50xnh
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ANO deputy chief Alena Schillerova blamed the assault on “hatred unfold by the ruling events on billboards and social media.”
“It is a direct consequence of their marketing campaign based mostly on worry and division,” she wrote on X.
Babis, who served as prime minister from 2017 to 2021, has opposed sending weapons to Ukraine and argued that the battle between Moscow and Kiev ought to be resolved by way of diplomacy. He has denied accusations of spreading “Russian narratives.”
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