Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has suffered life-threatening injuries when he was shot and wounded in an attempted assassination that stunned his country and drew a chorus of international condemnation.
Slovak media said the shooter was a 71-year-old man but the motive was not immediately clear. Fico is still undergoing surgery and is in an extremely serious condition, Defence Minister Robert Kalinak told reporters on Wednesday. Slovak Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok said authorities suspected the attack was politically motivated. Slovakia, a member of NATO and the European Union, has little history of political violence.
" Fico, who returned as prime minister last October for the fourth time, has drawn criticism in some quarters for taking a more pro-Russian stance in the Ukraine war and initiating reforms of criminal law and the media which have raised concerns over the rule of law and prompted street protests.
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