Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot and injured after a cabinet meeting in the town of Handlová. He was taken to a hospital, reports the Slovak news agency TASR, citing the deputy leader of Fico’s Smer party, Lubos Blaha.
No further details about the background are known yet. An employee of the Reuters news agency reported that he heard several shots and saw a man being arrested by the police. The arrested man was taken into a car by security forces and driven away. Local media also reported an arrest. Fico’s office has not yet commented.
“There was a crowd waiting outside and one of them started shooting,” reports the newspaper honline citing an employee on site. The shooter aimed directly at the prime minister, the report said. Nothing is yet known about the severity of Fico’s injuries.
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