Slovak PM in hospital after being shot

The PM was shot in front of a building in the central Slovak town of Handlova, where a government meeting had been held. Robert Fico has been taken to hospital and his alleged assailant detained by police. We hear from eyewitnesse and speak our Europe regional editor and to a local journalist in Slovakia.

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Presenter: James Reynolds.

(Photo: Security officers move Slovak PM Robert Fico in a car after a shooting incident, after a Slovak government meeting in Handlova, Slovakia, May 15, 2024. Credit: Radovan Stoklasa/ Reuters)