Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico has been injured Wednesday in a shooting inside the country, while authorities have taken a suspect into custody.
A suspect has been taken into custody Wednesday after Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico was injured in a shooting, reports say. The shooting happened in Handlova, about 90 miles northeast of the capital of Bratislava. 'Utterly shocked by today's brutal attack on Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico, which I condemn in strongest possible terms,' Slovakia President Zuzana Čaputová wrote on X. 'I wish him lot of strength in this critical moment and early recovery.
The Government Office of the Slovak Republic did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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