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Leaders condemn assassination attempt on Slovakia's prime minister

PM Robert Fico is expected to survive the shooting after a political event. The police detained a 71-year-old suspect.

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico, center, shown at Brussels in March.
Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico, center, at Brussels in March with IAEA chief Rafael Mariano Grossi, right, and Belgium Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, left. (AN/Dean Calma/IAEA)

European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen and other leaders strongly condemned an attack on Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico that left him in grave condition from gunshot wounds.

"I strongly condemn the vile attack on Prime Minister Robert Fico," von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, said on Wednesday. "Such acts of violence have no place in our society and undermine democracy, our most precious common good."

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