Slovak prime minister has had another operation, remains in serious condition
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has undergone another operation two days after being shot multiple times and remains in serious condition, officials said on Friday.
Fico, 59, was attacked as he was greeting supporters after a government meeting in the former coal mining town of Handlova.
A suspected assailant has been arrested.
FILE - Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico arrives for the V4 meeting in Prague, Czech Republic,in April. (AP)
Miriam Lapunikova, director of the University F. D. Roosevelt hospital in Banska Bystrica, where Fico was taken by helicopter after he was shot, said Fico underwent a CT scan and is currently awake and stable in an intensive care unit.
She described his condition as “very serious.”
She said the surgery removed dead tiss...