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Slovak PM Robert Fico In “Life-Threatening” Condition After Being Shot Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot and wounded in the abdomen after a government meeting on Wednesday (May 15), Slovak media reported.A Reuters witness heard several shots fired after the meeting in Handlova northeast of the capital Bratislava. Police detained a man and security officials pushed someone into a car and drove off, the witness said.Slovak news agency TASR quoted parliamentary vice-chairman Lubos Blaha as saying Fico had been shot and hurt. Broadcaster TA3 reported four shots were fired, one hitting Fico, 59, in the abdomen.Emergency services said a helicopter had been sent for a 59-year-old man in Handlova after receiving information that he had been shot.Police forces were seen putting up a cordon around the venue where Fico gave a press conference in Handlova.