Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot after a government meeting in Handlova, Slovakia’s state news agency TASR reported Wednesday, quoting deputy speaker of the Slovak Parliament Ľuboš Blaha.
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot after a government meeting and is being treated in hospital, the country’s state news agency reported Wednesday. Several shots were fired at Fico, according to TASR news agency. The prime minister’s condition was not immediately known, and Slovakia’s emergency medical service said it sent a helicopter ambulance to the scene. The town of Handlova, where the shooting happened, is about two hours’ drive from the capital Bratislava.
I wish Roberto Fico all the strength in this critical moment to recover from the attack,” Čaputová wrote on Facebook. Fico won a third term as Slovakian prime minister last October after running a campaign that criticized western support for Ukraine.
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