<p>A shooting in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/slovakia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Slovakia</a> left the central European country&#8217;s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, wounded on Wednesday, according to multiple reports.</p>
<p>The BBC <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg6761ggxz1o" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that Fico, 59, was in life-threatening condition and taken to a hospital after being attacked outside a community center in the town of Handlova while meeting with supporters.</p>
<p>&#8220;Utterly shocked by today&#8217;s brutal attack on #Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico, which I condemn in strongest possible terms,&#8221; Slovak President Zuzana Caputova <a href="https://twitter.com/ZuzanaCaputova/status/1790742825732092015" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X.</p>
<p>&#8220;I wish him lot of strength in this critical moment and early recovery,&#8221; she added. &#8220;My thoughts are also with his family and close ones.&#8221;</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/slovakia-prime-minister-shooting-robert-fico-handlova-bdaaf0bba01035a700145a67d871a482" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Associated Press</a>, a TV station in Slovakia said a suspect had been detained. The suspect&#8217;s identity was not immediately known.</p>
<p>Video posted to social media appeared to show the moment security guards frantically moved Fico into a car after the shooting.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has been shot while greeting a crowd in the town of Handlova.</p>
<p>According to the BBC, a witness heard three or four shots and saw Fico fall to the ground with apparent wounds to his chest and head.</p>
<p>He was rushed to the hospital… <a href="https://t.co/e946DL5FWb">pic.twitter.com/e946DL5FWb</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href="https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1790744641815630222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>After resigning as prime minister in 2018 amid a murder and corruption scandal, Fico returned to power last fall when his Smer party <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/30/slovakia-election-results-fico-simecka/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bested</a> the liberal Progressive Slovakia party in a parliamentary election and formed a coalition government.</p>
<p>Making good on promises made during his campaign, Fico <a href="https://www.barrons.com/news/slovakia-announces-halt-of-military-aid-to-ukraine-02568de7#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> in October that Slovakia would stop sending military aid to its neighbor, Ukraine, but continue humanitarian assistance.</p>
<p>Leaders across Europe responded to the shooting on Wednesday, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.</p>
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<p>&#8220;I strongly condemn the vile attack on Prime Minister Robert Fico,&#8221; she <a href="https://twitter.com/vonderleyen/status/1790739191866753069" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X. Such acts of violence have no place in our society and undermine democracy, our most precious common good. My thoughts are with PM Fico and his family.&#8221;</p>
<p>Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has also been <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/europe-warns-hungary-to-back-ukraine-aid-or-face-consequences-1dea4b5b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resistant</a> to providing more aid to Ukraine as its war against Russian invaders entered its third year, similarly reacted to the attack on Fico.</p>
<p>&#8220;I was deeply shocked by the heinous attack against my friend, Prime Minister Robert Fico,&#8221; Orban <a href="https://twitter.com/PM_ViktorOrban/status/1790740770418208860" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X. &#8220;We pray for his health and quick recovery! God bless him and his country!&#8221;</p>

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