A 71-year-old man has been charged in the shooting of Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico. Fico is reportedly in serious but stable condition. Bethany Bell with BBC News, a CBS News partner, has more.
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Slovakia's president-elect visited Prime Minister Robert Fico in hospital, saying he was able to speak but not easily. Meanwhile, authorities charged a 71-year-old who they believe was acting alone.
THE attempted assassination of Slovakia’s pro-Putin prime minister is playing right into Moscow’s hands as Vlad’s propagandists are blaming the “evil” West.
THE attempted assassination of Slovakia’s pro-Putin prime minister is playing right into Moscow’s hands as Vlad’s propagandists are blaming the “evil” West.
THE attempted assassination of Slovakia’s pro-Putin prime minister is playing right into Moscow’s hands as Vlad’s propagandists are blaming the “evil” West.
The authorities did not identify the suspect in the shooting of Prime Minister Robert Fico but described him as a “lone wolf.” Politicians called for calm as Mr. Fico’s condition appeared to stabilize.
Fico, 59, was in serious but stable condition a day after being shot multiple times in the stomach, a hospital official said. President-elect Peter Pellegrini said he spoke to Fico at the hospital but confirmed his condition “remains very…
Peter Pellegrini added that "the next few hours and days" will be decisive for Robert Fico, who is staying at a hospital in the town of Banska Bystrica
Political groups in Slovakia and leaders across Europe condemned the shooting, but Fico has also been a polarizing figure in his country and the European Union.