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.
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