Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico’s situation has stabilized however stays “very critical,” a hospital spokeswoman mentioned.
Miriam Lapunikova, the director in Banska Bystrica, the place Fico is staying, reported that the prime minister underwent a five-hour operation by two groups to deal with quite a few gunshot wounds.
In response to her, he’ll stay within the intensive care unit.
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Protection Robert Kaliniak mentioned that medical doctors managed to stabilize Fico’s situation through the night time, and procedures aimed toward his additional enchancment are actually underway.
“Sadly, the situation continues to be very critical as a result of advanced nature of the accidents,” he mentioned.
Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia Tomas Taraba mentioned that there isn’t a menace to Robert Fico’s life now.
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico was wounded on Could 15 after a gunman shot him after an off-site authorities assembly within the city of Handlova, about 200 kilometers from the capital, Bratislava. In response to eyewitnesses, Fico approached native residents after a authorities assembly, after which a number of photographs rang out.
The federal government beforehand mentioned that Fico was in a life-threatening situation, however the nature of the accidents was not formally reported.
In response to mass media, the prime minister was wounded within the chest and abdomen. The police detained the suspect instantly after the assault.
Robert Fico assumed the put up of Prime Minister of Slovakia in October 2023 after his occasion “Course – Social Democracy” received the parliamentary elections. After the victory, Fico spoke out towards army help to Ukraine.
