Rishi Sunak said he was “shocked” by the “awful news” that his Slovakian counterpart Robert Fico had been shot.
Mr Fico was reportedly shot and injured as he greeted crowds in front of a cultural community centre in the town of Handlova, where a government meeting had been held.
The Prime Minister said on X, formerly Twitter: “Shocked to hear this awful news.
“All our thoughts are with Prime Minister Fico and his family.”
Mr Fico became prime minister for the third time after his party won Slovakia’s September 30 parliamentary elections, staging a political comeback after campaigning on a pro-Russian and anti-American message.
European Council president Charles Michel said: “I am shocked at the news of the attack on Slovakian PM Fico after a meeting of the Slovak cabinet in Handlova.
“Nothing can ever justify violence or such attacks.
“My thoughts are with the prime minister and his family.”
