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coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news this is where celtic can win the scottish premiership title tonight. but they ve already lost twice at kilmarnock this season. good evening. slovakia s prime minister, robert fico, is in a life threatening condition in hospital after being shot a number of times this afternoon. the attack happened in the central slovak town of handlova, where a government meeting had just been held. a man who s said to be 71 has been detained by police. the 59 year old prime minister has been a divisive figure a leader who is widely viewed as authoritarian and russia leaning. jon donnison reports. just moments after being shot, prime minister fico is dragged out of a flower bed and bundled into a car by his security team. eyewitnesss report hearing three or four bullets being fired. a few metres away, amid the panic, police wrestle a suspect to the ground. translation: i heard three shots it was quick, one by one, like if yo ....
continue to bring more action live here on this programme. welcome if you have just welcome if you havejustjoined us. let us stay without breaking news from slovakia. let me take you through what has happened. an assassination attempt has been made on the prime minister of slovakia, robert fico. he has been shot and badly injured in this afternoon. these are the pictures of the immediate aftermath, with the prime minister being carried into the car. his official facebook page says he was shot several times. from a different angle, we can see a man being arrested by people who appear to be officers. we still don t know very much about the man. it s been reported he s a 71, but other than that, no real detail about that man. a government say the prime minister is in a life threatening condition. these are the pictures of him being rushed to a helicopter for treatment. those of the crucial pictures in terms of the timeline and the key details of what has happened through t ....