Minutes after Slovakia¡¯s Russia-friendly Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot, social media was awash with conspiracy theories.
The attacker¡¯s wife was a refugee from Ukraine. He was linked to a high-profile government critic. And Fico¡¯s security guard was plotting against the premier.
All those rumors were later rebutted by Slovak authorities. But not before they¡¯d gone viral on Telegram.
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