Medical workers move Slovak prime minister Robert Fico to a hospital in the town of Banska Bystrica on Wednesday following the shooting. Photograph: Jan Kroslak/TASR via APSlovak prime minister Robert Fico was in a life-threatening condition on Wednesday night after he was shot in a “politically motivated” assassination attempt when leaving a government meeting. READ MOREImmediately following the attempted assassination, police detained the man suspected of shooting Slovak prime minister Robert Fico. “An assassination [attempt] on prime minister Robert Fico was carried out today at the government’s off-site meeting in Handlova,” the government office said in a statement. Broadcaster TA3 reported four shots had been fired, and that the leftist prime minister had been hit in the abdomen.

Source: The Irish Times May 16, 2024 16:08 UTC