Slovakia’s poisonous politics and the path to Robert Fico’s shooting
As Slovakian prime minister Robert Fico recovers from surgery having been shot five times at close range, critics of his ruling party are worried the attack could be used to widen the political faultlines in a country that has been on edge for months.
Mr Fico’s condition is according to hospital officials, while a suspect has been and could face life imprisonment. Miriam Lapunikova, director of the University FD Roosevelt hospital in Banska Bystrica, where Mr Fico was taken by helicopter after he was shot, said
