Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico has been wounded in a shooting Wednesday afternoon and taken to hospital.
FILE - Chairman of SMER-Social Democracy party Robert Fico arrives at his party’s headquarters in Bratislava, Slovakia , Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023 the day after an early parliamentary election. Media reports on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 say Slovakia ’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was injured in a shooting and taken to hospital. FILE - Slovakia ’s Prime Minister Robert Fico arrives for the V4 meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024.
Reports on TA3, a Slovakian TV station, said that Fico, 59, was hit in the stomach after four shots were fired outside the House of Culture in the town of Handlova, some 150 kilometers northeast of the capital, where the leader was meeting with supporters. A suspect has been detained, it said. Police sealed off the scene.
Deputy speaker of parliament Lubos Blaha confirmed the incident during a session of Parliament and adjourned it until further notice, the Slovak TASR news agency said.“I’m shocked,” Caputova said. “I wish Robert Fico a lot of strength in this critical moment and a quick recovery from this attack.”
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