Rescue workers wheel Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured, to a hospital in the town of Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico is in life-threatening condition after being wounded in a shooting Wednesday afternoon, according to his Facebook profile. (Jan Kroslak/TASR via AP)
May 15, 2024
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May 15, 2024 12:40 p.m.
Slovakia's populist prime minister shot in assassination attempt, shocking Europe before elections
Five shots were fired outside a cultural center in the town of Handlova