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Images taken outside F.D. Roosevelt Hospital show paramedics transporting Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico on a stretcher after the air ambulance landed in Banska Bystrica following the PM's shooting in Handlova on Wednesday.
The shooting took place outside the House of Culture following a government meeting. The country's Interior Ministry reported that it was an 'assassination attempt'. A post on Fico's official social media stated that he 'has been shot multiple times and is currently in a life-threatening condition', while the 'next few hours will decide'.
The alleged assailant, named in local media as 71-year-old Slovakian Juraj Cintula, was detained at the scene, while no details have been released by police about a possible motive.
Handlova lies 150km northeast of the capital Bratislava.
59-year-old Fico was elected in September 2023, marking his fourth period as PM and ran on a campaign of ending military support to Ukraine. He has opposed EU sanctions on Russia and the sending of arms to Kiev, saying the US and others should use their influence to bring about a peace deal.
Slovak PM Fico airlifted to Banska Bystrica hospital in 'life-threatening condition' following shooting *STILLS*
Images taken outside F.D. Roosevelt Hospital show paramedics transporting Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico on a stretcher after the air ambulance landed in Banska Bystrica following the PM's shooting in Handlova on Wednesday.
The shooting took place outside the House of Culture following a government meeting. The country's Interior Ministry reported that it was an 'assassination attempt'. A post on Fico's official social media stated that he 'has been shot multiple times and is currently in a life-threatening condition', while the 'next few hours will decide'.
The alleged assailant, named in local media as 71-year-old Slovakian Juraj Cintula, was detained at the scene, while no details have been released by police about a possible motive.
Handlova lies 150km northeast of the capital Bratislava.
59-year-old Fico was elected in September 2023, marking his fourth period as PM and ran on a campaign of ending military support to Ukraine. He has opposed EU sanctions on Russia and the sending of arms to Kiev, saying the US and others should use their influence to bring about a peace deal.
Mandatory credit: TASR Agency
Images taken outside F.D. Roosevelt Hospital show paramedics transporting Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico on a stretcher after the air ambulance landed in Banska Bystrica following the PM's shooting in Handlova on Wednesday.
The shooting took place outside the House of Culture following a government meeting. The country's Interior Ministry reported that it was an 'assassination attempt'. A post on Fico's official social media stated that he 'has been shot multiple times and is currently in a life-threatening condition', while the 'next few hours will decide'.
The alleged assailant, named in local media as 71-year-old Slovakian Juraj Cintula, was detained at the scene, while no details have been released by police about a possible motive.
Handlova lies 150km northeast of the capital Bratislava.
59-year-old Fico was elected in September 2023, marking his fourth period as PM and ran on a campaign of ending military support to Ukraine. He has opposed EU sanctions on Russia and the sending of arms to Kiev, saying the US and others should use their influence to bring about a peace deal.