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Ex-Mečiar aide attempts to kill son, self

Blažena Martinková, a former advisor "for everything" to then-Prime Minister Vladimír Mečiar, attempted to murder her nine-year old son on October 27 in Vienna. After the failed attempt, she then unsuccessfully attempted to commit suicide.According to the Slovak press agency TASR, Martinková attacked her sleeping son, Filip, with a knife at 5:00 on Friday morning. Her husband Karol Martinka, who was awoken by screams, broke down the door to his son's room and flung his wife aside. She then repeatedly stabbed herself in the chest before jumping out of a second-floor window nine feet above ground level.Filip Martinka was rushed to the Vienna general hospital where he underwent life-saving surgery. He suffered serious back, spinal column and heart injuries. Martinková, who is receiving treatment in a different Vienna hospital under police guard, incurred broken vertebrae from her fall, as well as the self-inflicted stab wounds.

Chris Togneri 6. nov 2000

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