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Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot. He was shot in the lower abdomen on his way back from a government meeting on Wednesday (May 15). He was rescued from the scene and taken to the hospital. However, his condition is critical.
Reuters and BBC reported this information about the Slovak media.
Four rounds were fired from outside the House of Culture in the town of Handlova on Wednesday afternoon. The bullet hit him in the stomach. Basically there was a government meeting in front of the building where he was shot.
Local media reported that a suspect has been arrested in the incident.
Slovakia's TASR news agency reported that the deputy speaker at a session of the country's parliament confirmed the incident and adjourned the parliament.
The country's president, Zuzana Kaputova, condemned the brutal and brutal attack on the prime minister. Caputova said, I am shocked. I hope he recovers quickly.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also condemned the attack. He said, such violence has no place in our society.
Several gunshots were heard after the meeting in Handlova, northeast of the capital Bratislava, on Wednesday, a Reuters witness said. Police arrested a man and took him away in a car.
Slovakian news agency TASR quoted parliamentary vice-chairman Lubos Blaha as saying that Robert was shot and wounded. Four shots were fired at his car. One of them hit Robert.
Slovakia's emergency services said they dispatched a helicopter to reports that a 59-year-old man had been shot in the body.
Last year, Robert came to power as the prime minister of the Central European country for the fourth time. Slovakia is a member of the European Union and the Western military alliance NATO.
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