Index – Overseas – Assassination of the Slovak prime minister – Index’s minute-by-minute information abstract

We beforehand quoted István Hamran, Slovakia’s former police chief, who criticized the response of the safety guards, calling it a failure.

This opinion was not too long ago shared by two Hungarian specialists. Safety coverage knowledgeable József Horváth, retired main common, safety coverage advisor of the Heart for Basic Rights, informed InfoRádio: the professionals offering safety for the prime minister labored out of routine, they weren’t “sharp” sufficient, they weren’t attentive sufficient, they usually weren’t quick sufficient

Firing 5 pictures and never reacting – irrespective of how shut the assailant is to the protected particular person – is nonsense

he mentioned.

He added: primarily based on the recordings, the safety guards appeared to have nearly frozen, neither their response time nor their safety formation was actually sufficient. He additionally blamed it on the truth that there was no ambulance close by, or maybe a minibus, wherein the protected one who had been critically shot within the stomach would have been invested, as a substitute Robert Fico was shoved into the again seat of the limousine, which may have aggravated his harm if vital. “Additionally, I didn’t see that there was a health care provider within the safety staff of the protected particular person, however not less than one second-in-command who, along with the first safety measures, would have began the medical measures, since it’s recognized from the entrance how necessary the “golden hour” is, that’s, till somebody he does not come beneath the arms of medical doctors within the first hour after his harm,” he mentioned.

Safety knowledgeable István Hajós expressed an identical opinion on TV2 Mocha in his program on Thursday morning. “The truth that they have been capable of shoot him thrice, and even the truth that they have been capable of fireplace a shot, positively presupposes a mistake… You might have to have the ability to react to this,” he mentioned. (we really know of 5 pictures fired from Slovakian stories – ed.).

The knowledgeable added: “The issue with the private safety staff was that there was nobody who jumped into the road of fireside… or as if it had not been mentioned who the exiting individuals have been, who would instantly seize the protected particular person and shove him into the automotive.” It was additionally a mistake that the bodyguards attacked the perpetrator instantly, as a substitute of specializing in their important activity of defending Robert Fico.

“There are exterior and inner safety rings, everybody has a activity. The duty of the direct bodyguard is that two individuals escape, one particular person steps into the road of fireside, and two different individuals attempt to chase away the assault.” An exterior staff is liable for the seize of the shooter – he defined the main points after which concluded:

He is bleeding from a whole lot of wounds, they weren’t ready, they did not give it some thought in any respect.

Lastly, he additionally famous: it’s conceivable that sooner or later the carrying of bulletproof vests might be a short lived requirement for officers, not solely in Slovakia, however even in Hungary.