BREAKINGBREAKING,
Slovakia prime minister taken to hospital as President Zuzana Caputova condemns ‘brutal and ruthless’ attack.
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has been wounded in a shooting and taken to hospital.
Fico was injured after shots were fired in the town of Handlova on Wednesday afternoon, Slovakian media reported.
A suspect has been detained, according to the Dennik N news outlet and TA3, a Slovakian TV station.
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.
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President Zuzana Caputova condemned “a brutal and ruthless” attack on the prime minister.
“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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