In his interview with the BBC, Deputy Prime Minister Tarbara blamed “false narratives” by opposition events in Slovakia for the capturing.
“Our prime minister a number of occasions talked about up to now that he was afraid that this might occur,” Mr Taraba mentioned in one other interview with the BBC’s World Tonight programme.
In line with him, Mr Fico had warned that the way in which through which “the federal government was attacked by false narratives can overheat the response of individuals and result in one thing like this”.
Parliament was sitting on the time of the assault and Slovak media reported {that a} social gathering colleague of Mr Fico’s shouted at opposition MPs, accusing them of stoking the assault.
And Inside Minister Mr Estok accused the media of contributing to the local weather that led to the 59-year-old’s capturing, telling a press convention: “A lot of you have been those that have been sowing this hatred.”
Mr Estok added that he believed “this assassination [attempt] was politically motivated”.
Reacting to information of the assault, Slovakia’s outgoing President Zuzana Caputova mentioned one thing “so severe had occurred that we will not even realise it but”.
“The hateful rhetoric we witness in society results in hateful acts,” she added.
Mr Fico returned to energy in Slovakia after elections final September, as the top of a populist-nationalist coalition. His first few months as prime minister have proved extremely contentious politically. In January he halted army assist to Ukraine and final month pushed by means of plans to abolish RTVS.
