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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
PRAGUE, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) — Former Czech Prime Minister and leader of the opposition movement Action of Dissatisfied Citizens (ANO) Andrej Babis was hit on the head with a metal object during an election rally on Monday, the Czech News Agency reported.
As the agency specified, citing an official representative of ANO, the attack took place in the village of Dobra in the east of the country. A. Babiš, who served as prime minister from 2017 to 2021, was taken to hospital for examination after the incident.
The severity of his injury has not yet been reported.
Czech police said on social media site X that officers at the scene detained a man immediately after the attack and an investigation is currently underway.
ANO First Deputy Chairman Karel Havlíček said in X that the incident was one of the consequences of a “hate campaign” that, according to him, was unleashed by political rivals.
Commenting on the incident, Czech Interior Minister Vit Rakusan stressed that violence in any form is unacceptable.
"I unequivocally condemn today's attack on Andrej Babiš. Let us strive for a better future for our country through a clash of arguments and ideas, not through physical violence," he wrote in X. –0–
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