00:00 Slovak PM Robert Fico remains in a serious condition after undergoing a new surgery in
00:09 the intensive care unit of the F.D. Roosevelt Hospital in Banska Bystrica.
00:14 In a press briefing on Friday, his medical staff added that Fico is stable and conscious.
00:20 "The surgery was performed on a patient who had a gunshot wound.
00:30 The patient is conscious, stabilized, but still in the intensive care unit."
00:40 The 59-year-old leader was shot multiple times on Wednesday while greeting supporters in
00:47 a nearby town.
00:48 Authorities have taken in custody a male suspect.
00:51 He's been charged with attempted murder.
00:54 In search for evidence, they brought him to his house in the town of Levice on Friday
00:59 and reportedly seized his computer and some documents.
01:03 Authorities described the man as a lone wolf, not affiliated to any political group.
01:09 But the interior minister said the attack might have been politically motivated.
01:15 [SWOOSH]
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