Robert Fico was shot four times in May and has since been recovering from home for more than two months.
Slovakia's prime minister has appeared in public for the first time since an assassination attempt left him fighting for his life. Robert Fico was shot four times at close range in mid-May in what prosecutors have described as a terrorist attack. Speaking from a podium at a castle ruins dating back 11 centuries, Mr Fico hit out at progressive ideologies he said were 'spreading like cancer' and hurting the country.
His would-be assassin, a man identified as 71-year-old Juraj C, said he had wanted to hurt Mr Fico, but not kill him, over policy disagreements, according to court papers. The four-time leftist prime minister was shot on 15 May when he greeted supporters at a government meeting in the town of Handlova, leaving him needing hours of surgery. He has been recovering at home since the end of May.
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