Ministers say attack was premeditated and politically motivated following country’s recent presidential election
Slovakia 's president-elect Peter Pellegrini addresses journalists on Thursday in front of the hospital in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia , where Slovak prime minister Robert Fico is being treated. Photograph: AFP via Getty, is in a stable condition but “not out of the woods yet”, officials have said, as they appealed for calm after a shooting that laid bare the deep political divisions of recent months.
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On Thursday morning, Miriam Lapunikova, the director of the hospital, said the prime minister had undergone five hours of surgery with two teams to treat multiple gunshot wounds. Slovakian media reported that Mr Fico was placed in an artificial coma after the operation. Mr Fico, a veteran populist politician, returned to power in elections last year after promises not to send “another bullet” to Ukraine, criticism of sanctions targeting Russia, and campaigns against LGBTQ+ rights.
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