Slovakia's populist prime minister, Robert Fico, has been re🔯leased from a hospital where he🍸 was treated after an assassination attempt.
Miriam Lapunikova, the director of the hospital in the centr🙈al city of Banska Bystric💖a, said on Friday that Fico was transported to his home, where he continues to recover from the attack.
Fico lives in the capital, Bratislava.
Lapunikova thanked Fico in a statement for being “a disciplined pat꧒ient”.
Fic✱o has been recovering from multiple wounds after being shot in the abdomen as he greeted supporters on May 15 in the town of Handlova, about 140 km (85 miles) northeast of the capital, Bratislava.
Video showed him approach peoplღe gathered at barricades and reach out to shake hands as a man stepped forward, extended his arm and fired five rounds before being tackled and arrested.
Fico immediately underwent a five-hour surgery to treat multiple wounds he suffered in the shooting, followed by another two-hour surgery two days later to r𒈔emove dead tissue from his gunshot 🍸wounds.
The country's Specialised Criminal Court in the town of P❀ezinok ordered the suspect, who is charged with attempted murder, to remain behind bars.
Prosecutors told police not to publicly identify the suspect or release details about t𝄹he case.
Government officials originally said they believed it was a politically motivated attac🎉k committed by a “lone wolf”, but later announced t🐬hat a “third party” might have been involved in “acting for the benefit of the perpetrator”.
Fico's government has made efforts to overhaul public broadcasting — a move critic🤡s said would give the government full control of public television and radio. That, along with his plans to amend the 🐽penal code to eliminate a special anti-graft prosecutor, have led opponents to worry that he would lead Slovakia down a more autocratic path.
