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Slovak PM Fico in life-threatening condition after being shot

 Published: 10:26, 16 May 2024

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.

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