Attempt to assassinate Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in pictures
1/13Security agents help Slovakia’s Prime Minister immediately after he was injuredAFPTV/AFP
2/13Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico taken to car by security officers after being shotRadovan Stoklasa/Reuters
3/13Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico held a press conference before the attack.Radovan Stoklasa/AP
4/13Robert Fico walks through the yard moments before being shotRadovan Stoklasa/AP
5/13The Prime Minister arrives to talk to the people moments before the attackRadovan Stoklasa/AP
6/13Security agents escort Prime Minister Robert Fico to the vehicle in which he took refuge after the attack
7/13Bodyguards escort Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to the car to take him to hospitalRadovan Stoklasa/AP
8/13Police officers arrested the alleged perpetrator of the attempted assassination of Slovak Prime Minister Robert FicoRadovan Stoklasa/AP
9/13According to information received from the agencies, the detained person would be over seventy years of age and the reason for the attack is still unknown.AFP
10/13A man allegedly responsible for the shooting death of Prime Minister Robert Fico has been arrestedRadovan Stoklasa/Reuters
11/13The Prime Minister, Robert Fico, was lifted from the helicopter on a stretcher where he was taken to hospitalAFP
12/13Health workers accompanied Slovakia’s Prime Minister when he reached the hospitalAFP
13/13Police officers escort Robert Fico to the entrance of the hospital where he is being treatedJan Kroslak/AP