Assassination Attempt On Slovak Prime Minister Sends Shockwaves Through Europe

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is no longer in immediate danger but remains in a serious condition, his deputy announced on Sunday. This update comes four days after an assassination attempt that reverberated across Europe.

"We are all a little calmer," Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kalinak said during a news conference outside the hospital where Fico is receiving treatment in the central Slovak town of Banska Bystrica.

The 59-year-old prime minister was struck by four bullets on Wednesday, an attack that alarmed many about the increasingly polarized political climate in the central European nation of 5.4 million people.

Kalinak informed journalists that Fico’s condition is still too critical to consider transferring him to a hospital in the capital. However, the immediate threat to his life has passed.

"When we said we wanted to get closer to a positive prognosis, I believe we are a step closer to that," Kalinak added. "The prime minister is no longer in life-threatening danger, but his condition remains serious and requires intensive care."

This incident marks the first major assassination attempt on a European political leader in over two decades and has drawn widespread international condemnation. Political analysts and lawmakers suggest it highlights an increasingly tense and polarized political atmosphere both in Slovakia and across Europe.

On Saturday, the Slovak Specialized Criminal Court ruled that the suspect, identified by prosecutors as Juraj C., will remain in custody after being charged with attempted murder.

Local news media report that the suspect is a 71-year-old former security guard at a shopping mall and the author of three poetry collections.

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