Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was released from the hospital in Banska Bystrica and taken to his apartment in Bratislava after recovering from an assassination attempt. The attacker, 71-year old Juraj C., hit Fico with four bullets at short range during a government meeting in Handlova on May 15.
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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot and wounded in the abdomen after a government meeting in Handlova. Police detained a man and Fico was hit by one of the four shots fired. Emergency services sent a helicopter for the 59-year-old prime minister. President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen condemned the attack. Fico was meeting with the Slovak government as part of a country tour. Slovakia’s biggest opposition party canceled a planned protest following the shooting.