(Reuters) – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was injured in a shooting after a government meeting, news agency TASR reported on Wednesday.
TASR cited parliament’s vice-chairman Lubos Blaha as saying Fico was shot and injured.
A Reuters witness said he heard several shots and that he saw a man being detained by police.
The Reuters witness said he saw security officials pushing someone into a car and driving off.
The government office could not immediately be reached for comment.
(Reporting by Radovan Stoklasa, Jason Hovet, Jan Lopatka; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
