Slovakia's PM Robert Fico shot five times by '71-year-old assassin'

This is the horrifying moment the Prime Minister of Slovakia , Robert Fico, was shot point blank in the stomach and arm by a '71-year-old assassin' who attempted to flee.

The security scrambled to tackle the man, who is reportedly 71-year-old Juraj Cintula, from Levice, to the ground while shoving into the metal barriers and knocking him to the floor. The security scrambled to tackle the man, who is reportedly 71-year-old Juraj Cintula, from Levice, to the ground while shoving into the metal barriers and knocking him to the floorIn footage published online by RTV Prievidza the gunman can be seen waiting at a barrier for the PM to approach.

The injured prime minister was airlifted by helicopter to a nearby hospital after suffering three gunshot wounds - two to the arm and one to the stomach, reports Aktuality.sk.Juraj Cintula, 71, has also published several poems and shocked neighbours have described him and his wife as 'fantastic'. The man then began punching and kicking Cintula before police arrived and his attacker was taken away.

Robert Fico being carried away by security officials into a car after he was shot in Handlova, north-east of Bratislava, following a Slovak government meetingIn the video, he also said that, together with other people, was founding an anti violence movement in Levice. In a message posted later on Fico's Facebook page, his staff said he was shot a number of times and was 'currently in a life-threatening condition'.The next few hours would be critical, the post said.The gunman is allegedly 71-year-old Juraj CRobert Fico is in 'life threatening condition' according to a message posted to his Facebook following the attack

The alleged 71-year-old was seen on the ground with his hands cuffed behind his back, his face bloody after seemingly hitting the floor. Advertisement Images from outside Banksa Bystrica show the PM being wheeled into the hospital surrounded by at least seven rescue workers, while covered in a white sheet.

When asked by a journalist if she had seen his injuries, she responded: 'Yes I saw a scratch on a head and then he fell next to the barrier.

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