Video Shows Moment Shots Fired at Slovak PM

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot and seriously injured in Handlova on May 15, according to an official statement.

A statement on Fico’s official Facebook page said he was in “life-threatening condition” and had been airlifted to a hospital in Banska Bystrica, according to machine translation.

The incident occurred outside Handlova’s House of Culture, where a government meeting had taken place.

Video from Slovak broadcaster RTV Prievidza on Wednesday shows the moment of the shooting.

A suspect was detained by police and the area was cordoned off, according to local reports.

President Zuzana Caputova said she was “utterly shocked” by the “brutal and reckless attack."

“I wish him a lot of strength in this critical moment and early recovery. My thoughts are also with his family and close ones,” she said on X.

This is a developing story. Credit: RTV Prievidza via Storyful

Video transcript

Dnes ptnsteho mja od rannch hodn zasadala vlda Slovenskej republiky na svojom vjazdovom rokovan v Handlovej.

Bezprostredne po ukonen rokovania sa predseda vldy Slovenskej republiky Rbert Fico chcel na nmest Bankov rozli s obanmi, star mu z bezprostrednej blzkosti vystrelil na premira, padlo celkom p vstrelov.

Nsledne bezpenostn zloky tonka spacifikovali a premira previezli pravdepodobne do nemocnice Agel Handlov, neskr bol prevezen zchranrskym vrtunkom, polcia nmestie Bankov v Handlovej evakuovala.

Dnes, ptnsteho mja od rannch hodn zasadala vlda Slovenskej Republiky na svojom vjazdovom rokovan v Handlovej.

Bezprostredne po ukonen rokovania sa predseda vldy Slovenskej republiky Rbert Fico chcel na nmest bankov rozli s obanmi, star mu z bezprostrednej blzkosti vystrelil na premira, padlo celkom p vstrelov.

Nsledne bezpenostn zloky tonka spacifikovali a premira previezli pravdepodobne do nemocnice Agel Handlov.

Neskr bol prevezen zchranrskym vrtunkom, polcia nmestie Bankov v Handlovej evakuovala.