Nothing threatens the life of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico after he was seriously injured during an assassination attempt earlier this week, Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kalinak said on Sunday, adding that the recovery forecast was positive.
Fico, 59, was shot on Wednesday after a government field-meeting in the Slovak city of Handlova located 190 kilometers (118 miles) northeast of Bratislava. The prime minister was taken to a hospital and underwent several surgeries.
"We have said that we want to get closer to a positive forecast. Now, we are one step closer to it. The prime minister has gotten out of the situation that directly threatened his life, but the situation is still serious. He needs intensive medical care. No transfers [to other hospitals] will be planned in the near future ... We can consider the condition stable, with a positive forecast," Kalinak told reporters.
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The suspect in an assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico may not have been just a “lone wolf” as previously believed, the interior minister said on Sunday, as security services try to shed light on an attack that sent shockwaves through Europe.
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