Slovakia’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, has been released from a hospital where he was treated after an assassination attempt.
Miriam Lapunikova, the director of the hospital in the central city of Banska Bystrica, said on Friday that Fico was transported to his home, where he continues to recover from the attack.Fico lives in the capital, Bratislava.Lapunikova thanked Fico in a statement for being “a disciplined patient.”Fico has been recovering from multiple wounds after being shot in the abdomen as he greeted supporters on May 15 in the town of Handlova, about 85 miles northeast of the capital, Bratislava.
Fico immediately underwent a five-hour surgery to treat multiple wounds he suffered in the shooting, followed by another two-hour surgery two days later to remove dead tissue from his gunshot wounds.The country’s Specialized Criminal Court in the town of Pezinok ordered the suspect, who is charged with attempted murder, to remain behind bars.Prosecutors told police not to publicly identify the suspect or release details about the case.
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