Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico shot inHandlova | BBC News

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has been shot,according to local media reports.

Mr Fico was shot in front of a cultural communitycentre in the town of Handlova, where a governmentmeeting had been held, reports say.

Several shots were heard, according to journalists on the scene.

The Slovak leader has been taken to hospital and hisalleged assailant detained by police.

Handlova is around 180km (112 miles) north-east of the capital Bratislava.

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