Slovak PM Fico in life-threatening condition after being shot
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico suffered life-threatening injuries when he was shot and wounded in an attempted assassination on Wednesday, the government office said.
Slovak media said the shooter was a 71-year-old man but the motive was not immediately clear.
The incident shocked Slovakia, a small central European nation with little history of political violence. Slovakia's partners in the European Union and NATO condemned the shooting.