Slovak PM has ‘very difficult hours and days’ ahead of him

Slovak PM has ‘very difficult hours and days’ ahead of him

yes I can confirm that I could speak with him but just uh really few minutes because the doctors asked me to make a really very short uh visit to him and um of course the situation is now still very critical and in front of the Prime Minister are now really very difficult hours and days and uh you know it was a very personal uh discussion about how he feels and U that I am very happy that he survived I I uh told him that we stand behind him and we think about him and we sending him a lot of energy that uh that he will handle this very difficult situations he is able to speak but only few sentences and then he’s really really tired because he’s under some medication some medication so of course it is very difficult for him but I had the chance that I came in the right moment when he was able to speak with me a few sentences but the situation is very critical and we have to uh give him a lot of energy and think and be positive okay thank you very much no no I we cannot continue

The Slovakian president elect, Peter Pellegrini, said the prime minister, Robert Fico, has ‘very difficult hours and days’ ahead of him as he recovers from an attempted assassination.
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At least five shots were fired at Fico, 59, on Wednesday as he met a small group of supporters after a government meeting in the town of Handlová, about 90 miles (150km) north-east of the capital, Bratislava. Pellegrini told reporters Fico’s condition was still ‘very critical’, but he had managed to have a short conversation with him in hospital.

Slovakian PM Robert Fico stable but ‘not out of the woods’ after shooting ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/16/slovakia-robert-fico-stable-serious-condition-shooting

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