A person is detained after a shooting incident of Slovak PM Robert Fico, after a Slovak government meeting in Handlova, Slovakia, on May 15.Security guards react at the scene of a shooting incident of Slovak PM Robert Fico after Slovak government meeting in Handlova, Slovakia, on May 15.
A Reuters witness heard several shots fired after the meeting in Handlova, northeast of the capital Bratislava. Slovak news agency TASR quoted parliamentary vice-chairman Lubos Blaha as saying Mr Fico had been shot and hurt.Emergency services said a helicopter had been sent for a 59-year-old man in Handlova after receiving information that he had been shot.Dr Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, condemned what she described as a vile attack on Mr Fico.
Mr Fico returned as prime minister of the central European country, which is a member of the European Union and Nato, for the fourth time last year after shifting political gears to appeal to a changing electorate.
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