US President Joe Biden has condemned the shooting of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico as a "horrific act of violence."
He and his wife Jill were praying for Fico's speedy recovery, Biden wrote in a statement released by the White House on Wednesday.
"Our thoughts are with his family and the people of Slovakia," the statement continued.
Fico was shot after a Cabinet meeting and taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.