Emmanuel macron condemned to be but appears to be the attempted assassination of the Prime Minister of slovakia. Who did it and why, tonight we will have the latest. Good evening. Slovakias Prime Minister robert fico is said to be fighting for his life after being shot multiple times in an assassination attempt. Mr fico had been attending a government meeting. As he spoke to crowds afterwards he was shot five times, before being bundled into a car by security personnel. He has been in surgery for three and a half hours. The suspect has been detained by police. Slovak ministers have said the attack was politically motivated. It took place in the Central Slovakia town of handlova. Slovakia borders ukraine, and mr fico has been a divisive figure considered by some as authoritarian and russia leaning. Tonight well hear from our Europe Editor katya adler in brussels on the significance of this attack on a European Leader, but first bethany bell is in slovakia. Bethany . There is a real sens
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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
That he was a nice guest. And then the nice guest got into his car and drove to westminster bridge. John sweeney reporting there. Well, as you heard, Khalid Masood spent time in three different prisons in his earlier. There has been a well documented problem of islamist radicalisation within the prison system. Last year, ian acheson wrote a report for the government on the issue and joins us now. Thank you forjoining me this evening. There is a lot we dont know about Khalid Masood. Yes. But it is very clear but we do know that he spent time in lewes prison, where you spent a short time as a governor there. And a couple of other prisons, weiland and ford, which you visited. Can you give me an idea that when you visited them, how aware you would have been of the problem of radicalisation there . Firstly, its important to emphasise that we have no idea at this point in time whether his periods of time in custody were relevant at all to what he became, which was a murderous terrorist. Or,