Slovak Prime Minister Fico released to home care, hospital says

FILE PHOTO: Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico attends a government meeting, before he was shot at close range in an assassination attempt, in Handlova, Slovakia, May 15, 2024. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa/File Photo

(Reuters) -Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has moved to home care from a hospital in the central city of Banska Bystrica, where he had been recovering from an assassination attempt, the hospital said on Friday.

An attacker shot Fico with four bullets at close range when the prime minister greeted supporters at a government meeting in the central Slovak town of Handlova on May 15.