Slovakia’s Robert Fico was taken to hospital following the shooting.
Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, arriving at the Grandmaster’s Palace in Valletta, Malta, for an informal summit
Rishi Sunak said he was “shocked” by the “awful news” that his Slovakian counterpart Robert Fico had been shot. Mr Fico was reportedly shot and injured as he greeted crowds in front of a cultural community centre in the town of Handlova, where a government meeting had been held.Robert Fico with then prime minister David Cameron in 2016 Mr Fico became prime minister for the third time after his party won Slovakia’s September 30 parliamentary elections, staging a political comeback after campaigning on a pro-Russian and anti-American message.
European Council president Charles Michel said: “I am shocked at the news of the attack on Slovakian PM Fico after a meeting of the Slovak cabinet in Handlova. Then prime minister Gordon Brown hosted Robert Fico in Downing Street during the Slovakian politician’s first premiership in 2009 Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention.
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