Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has been shot, in what officials are calling an assassination attempt. Mr Fico was said to have sustained five gunshot wounds. Police arrested a suspect at the scene in Handlova, where Mr Fico had been attending a meeting. Video produced by Gabriela Pomeroy. Source link
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