Been shot and injured, in an incident in the last hour. Let me show you the pictures which havejust come in, theyre taken in the immidiate aftermath of this incident. You can see a flurry of bodygaurds in the moments after shots were fired, the Prime Minister then rushed to hospital. The pictures also show a man being pinned to the floor and then arrested. Lets speak to sara cincurova, a Freelance Journalist based in bratislava. Thank you for being with us. There must be great shark at this news. Thank you for having me. Yes, indeed, this event sparked a huge wave of shock. In slovakia. Both in terms of the general population but also with politicians who are, obviously, very shocked, and even the president has expressed her fear and her shock after this. And her shock after this. Horrible event. I want and her shock after this. Horrible event. I want to and her shock after this. Horrible event. I want to just and her shock after this. Horrible event. I want to just put and her shock a
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Scooped up, the Prime Minister, hes already been hit by three, four, may be five bullets, put into a car, it whisks away as he is put into hospital, some confusion as to which hospital, some confusion as to which hospital in the end he was taken to. Initially it was reported that there were non life threatening injuries, and that has changed over the last half hour with a number of sources reporting that he is a life threatening condition, and we will have more detail on that in a moment or two, but worrying scenes in slovakia, and in the last 30 minutes, a0 minutes, we have seen european leader after european leaders talk about their shock about what has happened. Giorgia meloni, the italian Prime Minister, Ursula Von Der Leyen talking about her shock, right across the board, all of europes leaders reacting as you would expect to quite shocking news, the news of the Prime Minister being shot and wounded there during a public gathering, and you can see a number of people still Walking
Coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news this is where celtic can win the Scottish Premiership title tonight. But theyve already lost twice at kilmarnock this season. Good evening. Slovakias Prime Minister, robert fico, is in a life threatening condition in hospital after being shot a number of times this afternoon. The attack happened in the central slovak town of handlova, where a Government Meeting had just been held. A man whos said to be 71 has been detained by police. The 59 year old Prime Minister has been a divisive figure a leader who is widely viewed as authoritarian and russia leaning. Jon donnison reports. Just moments after being shot, Prime Minister fico is dragged out of a flower bed and bundled into a car by his security team. Eyewitnesss Report Hearing three or four bullets being fired. A few metres away, amid the panic, police wrestle a suspect to the ground. Translation i heard three shots it was quick, one by one, like if you throw Fire Crackers on the g