Robert Fico | Slovakian PM in 'stable' condition after assassination attempt

Slovakian prime minister Robert Fico is in a 'stable condition' after an assassination attempt, according to Robert Kaliňák, the Slovakian defence minister.

The pro-Russia PM was left night fighting for life after he was shot in a “politically motivated” assassination attempt.

Doctors were operating on the populist leader several hours after a gunman fired at least four times at him as he met supporters in the western town of Handlova.

described Mr Fico’s condition as “extremely serious”, with at least one bullet hitting him in the abdomen.

Read all the details as they unfolded here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/15/slovakia-prime-minister-robert-fico-shot/

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