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A man displays a newspaper article detailing the attack on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico outside the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, May 16, 2024. /CFP
Slovak police have charged a man with attempted murder of Prime Minister Robert Fico, local media organization tvnoviny.sk reported on Thursday.
Fico was shot five times in an assassination attempt on Wednesday afternoon after attending a government meeting in the town of Handlova, some 150 km northeast of the capital Bratislava.
Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kalinak said doctors had managed to stabilize Fico's condition overnight, and procedures were underway to secure further improvement.
"Unfortunately, the condition continues to be very serious due to the complicated nature of the wounds, but we all want to believe firmly that we will succeed in managing the situation," he said.
The suspect, who was detained on the spot, is reported to be a 71-year-old man.
Slovak news media said the 71-year-old shooter was a former security guard at a shopping mall, an author of three collections of poetry, a member of the Slovak Society of Writers and a legal holder of a gun license.
(With input from agencies)