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<\/picture><\/div>\nFILE PHOTO: Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico.
\n<\/span>\u00a9\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Mateusz Wlodarczyk \/ NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nSlovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has been shot and wounded on Wednesday in the town of Handlova. Multiple shots were fired at the\u00a0politician as he greeted the public after a government meeting.<\/p>\n
Local media describe his condition as\u00a0\u201cserious\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0\u201clife threatening.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0A post on Fico’s Facebook page has warned that the\u00a0\u201cnext few hours will be critical.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nThe prime minister\u00a0has been transported to a hospital in Banska Bystrica, a small city in the center of the country, because it would have taken too long to\u00a0reach Bratislava, the statement added. An official from Fico\u2019s Smer party has told the media that the prime minister was shot in the abdomen and is now undergoing surgery.<\/p>\n
The shooting took place as Fico shook hands with members of the public outside a government building. The suspected gunman was detained at the scene, according to state news agency TASR.<\/p>\n
The suspected gunman \u2013 believed to be a Slovakian of pension age, according to reports \u2013 was detained at the scene, the\u00a0state news agency TASR has reported. Video footage purportedly shows officers pinning the attacker to the ground after the incident.<\/p>\n
President Zuzana Caputova condemned the\u00a0\u201cbrutal and reckless\u201d<\/em>\u00a0attack on Fico, and wished the PM\u00a0\u201ca lot of strength at this critical moment.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has been shot and wounded on Wednesday in the town of Handlova. Multiple shots were fired at the\u00a0politician as he greeted the public after a government meeting.<\/p>\n
Local media describe his condition as\u00a0\u201cserious\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0\u201clife threatening.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0A post on Fico’s Facebook page has warned that the\u00a0\u201cnext few hours will be critical.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The prime minister\u00a0has been transported to a hospital in Banska Bystrica, a small city in the center of the country, because it would have taken too long to\u00a0reach Bratislava, the statement added. An official from Fico\u2019s Smer party has told the media that the prime minister was shot in the abdomen and is now undergoing surgery.<\/p>\n The shooting took place as Fico shook hands with members of the public outside a government building. The suspected gunman was detained at the scene, according to state news agency TASR.<\/p>\n The suspected gunman \u2013 believed to be a Slovakian of pension age, according to reports \u2013 was detained at the scene, the\u00a0state news agency TASR has reported. Video footage purportedly shows officers pinning the attacker to the ground after the incident.<\/p>\n President Zuzana Caputova condemned the\u00a0\u201cbrutal and reckless\u201d<\/em>\u00a0attack on Fico, and wished the PM\u00a0\u201ca lot of strength at this critical moment.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n