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Slovakia PM Robert Fico injured in shooting, suspect detained

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Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico was injured in a shooting on Wednesday afternoon and was admitted to a hospital.

As per reports on TA3, a Slovakian TV station, the populist PM was hit in the stomach after four shots were fired outside the House of Culture in Handlova, which is around 150 kilometres from the capital Bratislava where he was meeting with the supporters.

A BBC report said that he was shot while he was leaving a government meeting in Handlova. Fico was shot in the abdomen, arm and leg.