Why Political Assassinations Often Succeed
The attempted killing of the Slovak prime minister is part of a recent wave.
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The assassination attempt on Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is part of a wave of political violence directed at leaders around the world. The leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, Lee Jae-myung, was stabbed in the neck by an assailant in January, while Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was killed in August of last year, to cite just two examples.
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