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    Who is Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico?

    by Alexander Butler May 15, 2024 4 minutes
    Source: PA Archive

    Slovakia’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico has been shot and is in life-threatening condition in hospital.

    Fico, 59, was injured after multiple shots were fired outside a cultural centre in Handlova, Slovakia – about 90 miles (150km) from the capital Bratislava – where the leader was meeting his supporters.

    Images showed police detaining a suspect following the shooting, which the interior minister called an assassination attempt.

    Deputy prime minister Tomáš Taraba called it a “brutal and ruthless” attack.

    So who is Robert Fico, what party is he from and what is his political? takes a look below.

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