Prime minister of Slovakia reportedly shot and injured

 

Prime minister of Slovakia reportedly shot and injured

 

Robert Fico was taken to hospital after being shot after a government meeting; a witness said a man was detained by police

 

Staff and agencies in Bratislava

Wed 15 May 2024 15.25 CEST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/15/robert-fico-slovakia-prime-minister

 

Slovakia’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, has reportedly been injured in a shooting and taken to hospital.

 

Then incident occurred after a Slovak government meeting at a location outside Bratislava, news agency TASR reported on Wednesday, without giving further details.

 

TASR cited parliament’s vice-chairman Lubos Blaha as saying Fico was shot and injured.

 

A Reuters witness said he heard several shots and that he saw a man being detained by police.

 

The government office could not immediately be reached for comment.

 

Denník N writes that one of its reporters did not see the incident itself but heard several shots and then saw the prime minister being lifted from the ground by security guards and put into a car.

 

Zuzana Čaputová, Slovakia’s president, condemned the “brutal” attack on the prime minister.

 

More details soon …