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The Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, was shot and wounded in an assassination attempt this afternoon, moments after leaving a meeting of parliamentarians.
Fico was taken to hospital after being shot in the abdomen shortly after attending a government meeting in Handlova, about 150 kilometers northeast of the capital, Bratislava.
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He is currently being transported by helicopter to Banská Bystrica, because getting to Bratislava would take too long due to the need for urgent intervention.
The next few hours will decide.
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