Prague, May 15 (AP) The Slovak defense minister says doctors are fighting for the life of the country's prime minister, who was shot multiple times after a political event.

Defense Minister Robert Kalinak, a close ally of Prime Minister Robert Fico in his Smer-Social Democracy party, made the remark Wednesday evening to reporters at a hospital in Banska Bystrica.

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He said an operation on Fico was not yet complete and described his condition as “extraordinarily serious.” (AP)

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