A suspect has been detailed after the incident in the town of Handlova.
Slovakia's populist prime minister Robert Fico has been injured in a shooting and taken to hospital, according to reports.
A suspect has been detained, it said. President Zuzana Caputova condemned "a brutal and ruthless" attack on the premier. Deputy speaker of parliament Lubos Blaha confirmed the incident during a session of Parliament and adjourned it until further notice, the Slovak TASR news agency said.
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