The prime minister will survive in the end, Tomas Taraba has said
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico © AFP / Attila Kisbenedek
The condition of Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico is no longer life-threatening, the EU country’s deputy PM, Tomas Taraba, told the BBC. There was an attempt on his life earlier this week.
Fico was shot several times on Wednesday as he approached a crowd in the city of Handlova in central Slovakia. The PM was rushed to a hospital; doctors have been fighting for his life since then.
The assailant, who was detained on the spot, turned out to be 71-year-old left-wing activist Juraj Cintula. He reportedly strongly disagreed with Fico’s decision to stop arms shipments to Ukraine.
The prime minister is “not in a life-threatening situation at this moment,” Taraba said on Sunday. “Fortunately, as far as I know, the operation went well – and I guess in the end he will survive,” he stressed.
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