Robert Fico: Slovak PM’s condition improving, says hospital

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico’s condition is stable and he is improving, doctors treating him said on Monday, as he recovers from being hit by four bullets in an assassination attempt last week.
Wednesday’s attack, the first major assassination attempt on a European political leader for more than 20 years, underscored the deep political divisions in Slovak society.
“After today’s medical board meeting, the patient’s condition is stable,” the hospital in the central Slovak town of Banska Bystrica said in a statement on its Facebook page.
“He is clinically improving, communicating, and his inflammatory markers are gradually decreasing. The Prime Minister remains in our care.”
Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kalinak said on Sunday that Fico’s life was no longer in immediate danger, although his condition was still too serious for him to be moved to a hospital in the capital Bratislava.
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok said on Sunday an investigation team had been set up, which would look into whether the suspect had acted alone as initially believed.