Robert Fico, the nationalist prime minister of Slovakia, was hospitalized on Sunday but given a better outlook four days after being shot multiple times in an assassination attempt that shocked the deeply divided European Union country, according to the defense minister.
” The worst of what we feared has passed, at least for the moment. However, his condition is still grave, Robert Kalinak told investigators a short distance from the doctor where Fico is receiving care. ” His situation is secure with a good outcome”.
Kalinak added that the hospital treating the Slovak leader in Banská Bystrica, a former coal mining town of 16, 000 situated 29 kilometers ( 17 miles ) from where Fico was attacked, will continue to issue updates on his health status.
Milan Urbáni, deputy chairman of the doctor, told reporters that” Based on the doctors ´ day conversation, we can assume that the person is already out of a lifestyle- threatening situation. His situation remains very severe, and he needs a long time to relax to return. We strongly believe that everything will go in the right direction.
Fico, 59, was shot in the abdomen as he greeted supporters on Wednesday outside a cultural center in the town of Handlova, nearly 140 kilometers ( 85 miles ) northeast of the capital, Bratislava. As a man stepped forth, extended his shoulder, and fired five sessions before being tackled and arrested, the Slovak leading approached crowds of people gathered at walls and reached up to shake hands as they waved hands.
Fico had two hours of surgery on Friday to remove dead cells from his bullet wounds, but he was not well enough to be moved to the capital, according to officials who spoke with him on Saturday.
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The nation’s Specialized Criminal Court in the city of Pezinok on Saturday issued an order for the suspected perpetrator, who is accused of attempted murder, to remain in jail. A jury spokesperson said he could face additional charges if he was freed, but the prosecution said they feared he might escape or commit other crimes. The believe has the option to appeal the decision.
After prosecutors told police never to publicly recognize or reveal details about the case, there was little information about the would-be assassin. Unverified media reports identified him and claimed that he was a 71-year-old retired retirement who was known as an amateur writer who may have previously worked as a mall security guard.
Information provided by the government match that information. They said the suspect did n’t belong to any political groups, though the attack itself was politically motivated.
Fico, a politician, claimed last month on Twitter that he thought the country’s rising tensions may cause the deaths of officials and that the media were to blame for the country’s 5.4 million residents ‘ rising tensions.
Kalinak added that there must be lessons to be learned from the harsh attack on Fico, who has long been a controversial figure in Slovakia and elsewhere in his target on Sunday. ” This must be a gift. If we do n’t learn, we’re heading for hell”, he said. We must return this circumstance to what we can reasonably contemplate normal.
President- elect Peter Pellegrini, an alliance of Fico, said on Sunday that Slovakia is a “wounded state” in the midst of the death effort.
In a Facebook video posted on the social network, he said,” Everyone decides by our deeds whether these wounds will heal or whether another scars will element them.”
