“Utterly shocked by today’s brutal attack on #Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico, which I condemn in strongest possible terms,” Slovak President Zuzana Caputova said in a post to X.
A shooting in Slovakia left the central European country’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, wounded on Wednesday, according to multiple reports.
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AshootinginSlovakialeftthecentralEuropeancountry’spopulistprimeminister,RobertFico,woundedonWednesday,accordingtomultiplereports.
TheBBCsaidthatFico,59,wasinlife-threateningconditionandtakentoahospitalafterbeingattackedoutsideacommunitycenterinthetownofHandlovawhilemeetingwithsupporters.
“Utterlyshockedbytoday’sbrutalattackon#Slovakia’sPrimeMinisterRobertFico,whichIcondemninstrongestpossibleterms,”SlovakPresidentZuzanaCaputovasaidinaposttoX.
“Iwishhimlotofstrengthinthiscriticalmomentandearlyrecovery,”sheadded.“Mythoughtsarealsowithhisfamilyandcloseones.”
AccordingtotheAssociatedPress,aTVstationinSlovakiasaidasuspecthadbeendetained.Thesuspect’sidentitywasnotimmediatelyk
