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STOCKHOLM - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot and wounded on Wednesday, becoming the latest European leader to be the target of an assassination attempt.While assassination attempts on leaders in Europe have been relatively infrequent over the past 50 years, a number of prominent European politicians have been targets of attacks in more recent decades.
Swedish Social Democrat Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated on a street in downtown Stockholm in February 1986 as he walked home with his wife after an evening at a cinema. The suspect, who was convicted in 1988, was eventually acquitted on appeal.British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, called the"Iron Lady", narrowly escaped a huge explosion at a hotel she was staying at in Brighton, England.
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