Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has been shot after a government meeting in the town of Handlova.

Local media on Wednesday quoted Lubos Blaha, the vice-chairman of the country’s parliament, as saying Fico was shot and injured.

It also claimed three shots had been fired, with one hitting the PM in the abdomen.

In a Facebook post, Slovakia’s emergency services said a helicopter had been dispatched to the area.

The country’s president Zuzana Čaputová described the attack as “brutal”.

Witnesses reported seeing security services detaining a man after the incident.

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