BANSKA BYSTRICA: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is now not in instant hazard however nonetheless in a severe situation, his deputy stated on Sunday, 4 days after an assassination try that despatched shockwaves by means of Europe.
“We’re all just a little calmer,” Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kalinak informed a information convention exterior the hospital the place Fico is being handled within the central Slovak city of Banska Bystrica.
The prime minister, 59, was hit by 4 bullets on Wednesday in an assault that raised alarm over the polarised state of politics within the central European nation of 5.4 million individuals.
Kalinak informed journalists that Fico’s situation was nonetheless too severe to contemplate transferring him to hospital within the capital. However the worst fears had handed for now.
“After we have been saying that we wish to get nearer to a constructive prognosis, then I imagine that we’re a step nearer to that,” he added. “The prime minister has stepped away from his life being in peril, however his situation stays severe and requires intensive care.”
The taking pictures was the primary main assassination try on a European political chief for greater than 20 years, and has drawn worldwide condemnation. Political analysts and lawmakers say it has uncovered an more and more febrile and polarised political local weather each in Slovakia and throughout Europe.
The Slovak Specialised Prison Court docket dominated on Saturday that the suspect, recognized by prosecutors as Juraj C., would stay in custody after being charged with tried homicide.
Native information media say the suspect is a 71-year-old former safety guard at a shopping center and the writer of three collections of poetry.
“We’re all just a little calmer,” Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kalinak informed a information convention exterior the hospital the place Fico is being handled within the central Slovak city of Banska Bystrica.
The prime minister, 59, was hit by 4 bullets on Wednesday in an assault that raised alarm over the polarised state of politics within the central European nation of 5.4 million individuals.
Kalinak informed journalists that Fico’s situation was nonetheless too severe to contemplate transferring him to hospital within the capital. However the worst fears had handed for now.
“After we have been saying that we wish to get nearer to a constructive prognosis, then I imagine that we’re a step nearer to that,” he added. “The prime minister has stepped away from his life being in peril, however his situation stays severe and requires intensive care.”
The taking pictures was the primary main assassination try on a European political chief for greater than 20 years, and has drawn worldwide condemnation. Political analysts and lawmakers say it has uncovered an more and more febrile and polarised political local weather each in Slovakia and throughout Europe.
The Slovak Specialised Prison Court docket dominated on Saturday that the suspect, recognized by prosecutors as Juraj C., would stay in custody after being charged with tried homicide.
Native information media say the suspect is a 71-year-old former safety guard at a shopping center and the writer of three collections of poetry.
