Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot on Wednesday after a meeting in the town of Handlova, according to local media reports.
Fico was shot after holding a cabinet meeting in the Trenčín region of central Slovakia, according to the Slovak news agency TASR.
It was not immediately clear what Fico’s condition was or the motivation for the attack.
Fico is a pro-Russian leader who won power for the fourth time in parliament last October.
In April, Peter Pellegrini, a close ally of his, won the presidency, further consolidating his party’s grip on power in Slovakia, the push toward more pro-Russian views, and increased hostility toward Western nations.
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