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Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot Wednesday outside a government meeting, according to the European country’s state news agencyFico was shot in the town of Handlova, east of Slovakia’s capital city Bratislava, TASR reported.
The assailant, whose name was not immediately released, was detained on the scene, while the government building where Fico had been was detained, TASR reported. Fico was transported to a nearby hospital and is in “life-threatening” condition, according to a statement on the prime minister’s Fico, the 59-year-old founder of Slovakia’s left-wing Direction — Social Democracy party, has served as Slovakia’s prime minister since October, though he has held the position two previous times between 2006 and 2010, and again between 2012 and 2018, and has also served as a member of the country’s National Council.We’re launching text message alerts so you'll always know the biggest stories shaping the day’s headlines.
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