Slovakia’s PM shot, fighting for life

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was connected Wednesday changeable and hospitalised aft a furniture gathering successful the cardinal municipality of Handlova, section media said.

The Dennik N daily, whose newsman saw the premier being lifted into a car by information guards, reported that the suspected gunman had been detained by police.

MR Fico has received attraction astatine a infirmary successful the municipality of Handlova and is being taken to the superior Bratislava, the infirmary manager told AFP connected Wednesday.

“Mr. Fico was brought into our infirmary and helium was treated astatine our vascular country clinic,” infirmary manager Marta Eckhardtova said, adding: “The premier curate was aboriginal transported from our hospital, helium is connected his mode to Bratislava”.

Slovak President Zuzana Caputova condemned the “brutal and reckless” onslaught connected Mr Fico.

“I americium shocked. I privation Robert Fico a batch of spot successful this captious infinitesimal to retrieve from the attack,” she said successful a statement.

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