BRATISLAVA: Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico was on Wednesday (May 15) shot multiple times and rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a cabinet meeting, officials said, in an attack condemned by EU chiefs.
Rescue workers take Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured, to a hospital in the town of Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, on May 15, 2024. BRATISLAVA: Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico was on Wednesday shot multiple times and rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a cabinet meeting, officials said, in an attack condemned by EU chiefs.
Security officers move Slovak PM Robert Fico in a car after a shooting incident in Handlova, Slovakia, on May 15, 2024. "I wish him a lot of strength in this critical moment and early recovery," she said on X, formerly Twitter."I hope the prime minister will get well as soon as possible. We must not tolerate violence, it must have no place in society," he said on X.
At a press conference following the shooting, MP Lubos Blaha from Fico's Smer party lashed out against his critics.
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