European assassinations (and attempts)

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has been seriously injured in a shooting – one of several high-profile attacks on European leaders in the past 50 years

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2024, Robert Fico: Slovak Prime Minister shot greeting supporters in Handlova
STATUS: Critically ill

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2003, Anna Lindh:Swedish Foreign Minister stabbed in Stockholm store 
STATUS: Killed

3
2003, Zoran Djindjic:Serbian PM shot with high-powered rifle in Belgrade
STATUS: Killed

4
2002, Jacques Chirac:Shooter misses French President on Bastille Day in Paris
STATUS: Survived

5
2002, Pim Fortuyn:Well-known Dutch politician shot in Hilversum 
STATUS: Killed

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1990, Wolfgang Schäuble: German politician paralysed in shooting in Oppenau 
STATUS: Survived

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1986, Olof Palme:Swedish PM shot in Stockholm street while walking home
STATUS: Killed

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1984, Margaret Thatcher: British PM target of IRA bomb at Brighton hotel 
STATUS: Survived

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1981, Pope John Paul II: Shot twice in Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City 
STATUS: Survived

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1978, Aldo Moro:Former Italian PM kidnapped and shot by Red Brigades in Rome 
STATUS: Killed

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1973, Luis Carrero Blanco: Spanish PM victim of ETA bombing in Madrid street 
STATUS: Killed

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Sources: Reuters, BBC
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