(Reuters) – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico underwent a follow-up stomach CT scan and stays aware and communicative, medical doctors treating him stated on Tuesday, as he recovers from being hit by 4 bullets in an assassination try final week.
“On the similar time, additional actions are being taken to enhance his well being situation,” the hospital within the central Slovak city of Banska Bystrica stated in a press release.
Wednesday’s assault, the primary main assassination try on a European political chief for greater than 20 years, underscored deep political divisions in Slovak society.
Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kalinak stated on Sunday that Fico’s life was now not in quick hazard, though his situation was nonetheless too severe for him to be moved to a hospital within the capital Bratislava.
In the meantime, Inside Minister Matus Sutaj Estok stated on Sunday an investigation workforce had been arrange, which might look into whether or not the suspect had acted alone as initially believed.
The 71-year-old suspect, recognized by prosecutors as Juraj C., is a former shopping center safety guard and creator of three collections of poetry.
Investigators will search to find out whether or not he was a part of a gaggle of people that had inspired each other to hold out an assassination, Estok stated.