UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the shooting of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico "in the strongest terms."
The United Nations described the attack as shocking. "The secretary-general's thoughts are with the prime minister and his loved ones at this difficult moment," said a UN spokesman in New York on Wednesday.
Fico was shot after a Cabinet meeting in the town of Handlová and taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. The police announced that the attacker had been taken into custody.
