Romanian ex-PM attempts suicide

BUCHAREST — Romania’s former prime minister Adrian Nastase attempted suicide late Wednesday, hours after the Supreme Court threw out his appeal against a two-year jail sentence over corruption. Medical sources said Nastase shot himself in the throat but his lawyer said he was still alive and conscious. “He is OK. He is conscious and has opened his eyes,” lawyer Ion Cazacu told journalists. “I saw a man who wants to fight for his life,” he added. Mediafax news agency said doctors would operate on Nastase to remove the bullet stuck in his throat. “I hope he will recover,” Prime Minister Victor Ponta told journalists after visiting his predecessor in hospital. Earlier the apex court rejected his appeal against a jail sentence in a graft trial. — AFP