Even days after the assassination attempt on him, the condition of the Slovakian Prime Minister Fico remains serious. Although he was conscious, he had to undergo further surgery, his doctors said.
The Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico underwent surgery for the second time after the assassination attempt on him. According to his doctors, the 59-year-old remains in a serious condition but is currently stable and awake. He is in the intensive care unit, said the director of the FD Roosevelt University Hospital in Banska Bystrica, Miriam Lapunikova, where Fico was admitted.
Defense Minister: It will take a few more days
“I think it will be a few days before we know definitively what direction further developments are going,” said Defense Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kalinak. He emphasized that the government is continuing its work. “The state is stable and today the patient is also stable.”
A gun attack was carried out on Fico on Wednesday. He was hit by several bullets. Lapunikova said the recent operation removed Fico’s dead tissue that remained in his body.
Police take suspect to own house
Fico was attacked while greeting supporters after a government meeting in the former coal mining town of Handlová. A suspect was arrested. He was accompanied by police to his home in the town of Levice on Friday. Media reported this was part of a search for evidence. The Markiza TV channel reported that police confiscated a computer and documents.
Prosecutors have ordered police not to release the suspect’s identity or other details of the case. Unconfirmed media reports said he was a 71-year-old pensioner who was known as an amateur poet and may have previously worked as a shopping center security guard.
Government authorities said on Thursday that the suspect did not belong to any political group. But the attack was politically motivated. After the attack, the deeply divided political camps discussed the consequences.