Slovakia Prime Minister SHOT: Robert Fico hit in stomach in suspected assassination attempt as he’s rushed to hospital
SLOVAKIA'S pro-Putin prime minister Robert Fico has been shot in the stomach in a suspected assassination attempt.A Slovakian interior ministry spokesperson has now confirmed that an assassination attempt was carried out on the leader.The incident took place in front of the local House of Culture, where the PM had come to meet with supporters.Another video showed Fico being carried and then bungled into a car, flanked by his bodyguards, and driven away at speed.
In January he halted military aid to Ukraine, insisting life in Kyiv was "absolutely normal" and there was no war. During a three-decade career, Fico has weaved between pro-European mainstream to nationalistic anti-Nato and anti-American positions.
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