The Slovak Prime Minister was shot after the government meeting in Nyitrabány.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was hit by several shots on Wednesday afternoon after the government meeting in Nyitrabánya.

• The attacker was arrested on the spot.

• The head of the Slovak government was taken to a hospital in Béztercebány.

• At 3:55 p.m., a post appeared on Robert Fico's Facebook page, in which they wrote that the prime minister had been hit by several shots and was in a life-threatening condition.

Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot after the government meeting in Nyitrabány, the politician was taken to the hospital, Napunk.sk . The shots were fired in front of the local community center when the politician went among the people.

Photo: Radovan Stoklasa / Reuters

The Denník N reporter was at the scene, he did not see the incident, but he heard a few shots fired, and then saw the Prime Minister being put into the ambulance.

press information , Robert Fico was shot in the chest and stomach. It appeared that the prime minister was shaking hands with someone when several shots were fired. One of the witnesses who spoke to Denník N saw Fico fall to the ground. The perpetrator may have been a 71-year-old man from Léva.

"Robo, come here" - according to witnesses, this is what the assailant shouted before the attack, who then took out his gun and fired three or five shots, several of which hit the Prime Minister.

The attacker was captured and disarmed by the police, and the area was evacuated by the police. A video was posted on X showing the capture of the attacker:

Life-threatening condition

They also published a video of Robert Fico being helped into the car by the security guards and driven away from the scene. According to Slovak Pravda, the seriously injured prime minister was taken to a hospital in Béztercebány by ambulance helicopter.

Denník N reported at 3:52 p.m. that Robert Fico was out of danger. The prime minister suffered abdominal, hand and leg injuries.

At 3:55 p.m., a post appeared on Robert Fico's Facebook page , in which it is written that

the Prime Minister was hit by several shots, is in a life-threatening condition, and due to the need for acute intervention, he was not transported to Bratislava, but to the hospital in Bésztercebánya.

Someone blames the journalists, others the opposition

Új Szó reported that Andrej Danko (SNS) blamed journalists for the assassination of Robert Fico. Richard Glück, the representative of Smer, blamed the opposition for the attack and started shouting at them. "You are a civil servant, act accordingly," replied Jozef Prochko, a representative of the Slovakia movement. Ľuboš Blaha, the deputy speaker of the parliament, tried to calm the situation.

I am shocked. I wish Robert Fico strength at this critical moment to recover from the attack

– this is already the reaction of the head of state Zuzana Čaputová, who called the attack brutal.

The SaS and the PS have canceled their demonstration organized today, at which they would have supported the Slovakian Radio and Television (RTVS).

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