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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico hospitalized after being shot
Robert Fico, Prime Minister of Slovakia, at a press conference
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Robert Fico, Prime Minister of Slovakia, is said to have been injured by gunfire about 150 kilometers from the capital Bratislava.
The populist Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, was injured by gunfire and taken to the hospital. This is reported by the news agency, among others AP.
According to the news channel TA3, the incident occurred in the town of Handlova, about 150 kilometers northeast of the capital Bratislava. Fico was shot there after a cabinet meeting and taken to a hospital, the Slovak news agency TASR reported on Wednesday, citing the deputy leader of Fico’s Smer party, Lubos Blaha. A suspect has now been arrested, according to the DPA news agency.
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