Shocking moments when Slovak PM Robert Fico was shot in an assassination attempt

May 15, 2024

Handlova (Slovakia), May 15 (ANI): Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot and wounded in the abdomen after a government meeting on Wednesday (May 15), Slovak media reported. A Reuters witness heard several shots fired after the meeting in Handlova northeast of the capital Bratislava. Police detained a man and security officials pushed someone into a car and drove off, the witness said. Emergency services said a helicopter had been sent for a 59-year-old man in Handlova after receiving information that he had been shot. The government office could not immediately be reached for comment.