据悉，15日当天斯洛伐克总理菲佐在特伦钦地区遭遇严重枪击事件，身中多枪并危及生命。    Christie's has canceled the second auction of jewels belonging to an Austrian billionaire, whose German husband made his fortune under the Nazis, following "intense scrutiny," it said Friday. The auction house held a first controversial online and in-person sale in Geneva of part of the large stash of more than 700 jewels in May, and had been scheduled to hold a second round in November.But in a statement it said "Christie's has taken the decision not to proceed with further sales of property from the Estate of Heidi Horten."

             

With just a portion of the collection sold, the auction eclipsed previous records set by Christie's in sales of properties that belonged to actress Elizabeth Taylor in 2011 and the "Maharajas and Mughal Magnificence" collection in 2019, both of which exceeded $100 million.      Hopes had been high for similar results from the second round. But following an initial report in the New York Times, Christie's sent a statement to AFP confirming that it had canceled the second round, acknowledging that "the sale of the Heidi Horten jewelry collection has provoked intense scrutiny.""The reaction to it has deeply affected us and many others, and we will continue to reflect on it," it said.

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A large number of Jewish groups had asked Christie's to halt the initial Horten sale in May, describing it as "indecent" and demanding that the auction house do more to determine how much of it came from victims of the Nazis.                 The extraordinary collection belonged to Horten, who died last year aged 81 with a fortune of $2.9 billion, according to Forbes.A report published in January 2022 by historians commissioned by the Horten Foundation said Horten's husband Helmut Horten, who died in Switzerland in 1987, had been a member of the Nazi party before being expelled.

    

                                                     

    

In 1936, three years after Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany, Horten took over textile company Alsberg, based in the western city of Duisburg, after its Jewish owners fled. He later took over several other shops that had belonged to Jewish owners before the war.Christie's in May defended its decision to go ahead with the sale, with Christie's international head of jewelry Rahul Kadakia telling AFP that all of the proceeds would go towards charities.                      "Christie's separately is making a significant donation towards Holocaust research and education," he said at the time, stressing that the "proceeds of the sale is going to do good."                                 

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。根据现场媒体报道，他在特伦钦地区召开一次政府会议后出门时遇到了支持者团队，其中一名男子向菲佐喊叫，于是菲佐上前与其攀谈；不料过程中突遭该男子拔枪多次射击，菲佐的腹部、手和脚疑似被击中后倒地。斯洛伐克媒体称菲佐中枪后由保镖扶上车，射击男子当场被制服，目前更多案情还在调查中。

根据16日的最新消息，袭击者的部分资料在网络上遭到曝光。这名嫌疑人已经71岁高龄，且曾经出版过多部诗集，看起来像是“艺术家”。

B | 但有知情人士称，嫌疑人曾在私人保安公司工作，属于是“专业性”背景。他的儿子否认父亲有精神问题，表示自己不清楚他为什么要这样做，但嫌疑人确实并非是菲佐的支持者。当天早些时候，医院表示菲佐暂时伤情稳定，正在接受手术。

去年上台的斯洛伐克新总理菲佐在欧盟可谓是“不合群派”，他主张在政治上靠近俄罗斯并反对欧盟对乌军援。菲佐还于去年10月正式宣布停止向乌克兰一切军事援助，只保留人道主义援助。

C | 这位左翼党总理曾发出更加激进的言论，比如他称“乌克兰不是一个主权国家，而是处于美国的绝对控制之下的政权”，遭到反对派围攻和乌政府不满，要求其道歉。菲佐批评美国干涉欧洲主权，插足科索沃问题；他和匈牙利总理欧尔班来往密切，双方都对欧盟在俄乌问题中的态度嗤之以鼻，认为欧洲应该保持中立和劝和促谈，而不是帮助一方对抗另一方起到火上浇油的作用。

斯洛伐克总理菲佐对中国的态度也非常好，他在去年12月上任初曾表示自己担任总理期间将会严格奉行“一中政策”，因为中国是一个值得尊敬的国家，也在历史上取得了巨大成就。斯洛伐克准备和中国开展贸易，中方是“世界稳定的关键一环”。此外菲佐提及他今年会有访问中国的计划，因为斯洛伐克政府在乌克兰问题上和中国的看法高度一致，愿意支持中方所做的一切努力。这也成为反对派攻击菲佐的把柄之一，有政客批评他“反美会将国家带上绝路”。

值得一提的还有，政治刺杀阴谋在斯洛伐克的历史上发生很少，相关人士表示他们是议会制政权，这意味着菲佐即使遭到危险，那么所在政党也会重新选举一个党首来执政，其路线和菲佐不会相差太远。不过经历了这次的枪击事件受到重伤后，菲佐今年预计6月开始的访华旅程大概率要取消了。也有评论表示：“很多斯洛伐克人批评菲佐是‘极端派’，反对者对其更是不容忍。那么如果用极端手段来对菲佐下手的话，是否证明这些反对者比他更加极端？现在事情还有待进行更详细的调查。”