Slovakia PM shooting latest: Putin ally Robert Fico in life-threatening condition after assassination attempt
Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico is in a life-threatening condition after he was shot in the stomach and taken to hospital.
Reports said that Fico, 59, was injured after four shots were fired outside the House of Culture in the town of Handlova where the leader was meeting with supporters.
A witness said he heard several shots and that he saw a man being detained by police. After being treated briefly at a local hospital, Fico was airlifted to Banska Bystrica Hospital where he was pictured being carried on a guerney.
Peter Pellegrini, Slovakia’s president-elect and an ally of Mr Fico, has said that “an assassination attempt on the Prime Minister is a threat to everything that has adorned Slovak democracy so far.”
Mr Fico, a well-known ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin, is known for his tirades against journalists. He has previously labeled a major television network, two nationwide newspapers and an online news site his enemies and said he won’t communicate with them.
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