Fico assassination attempt: Could it be politically motivated? | DW News

Slovakia's prime minister Robert Fico is reportedly in a stable condition and conscious after undergoing emergency surgery for gunshot wounds. Fico was shot multiple times in an assassination attempt after leaving a government meeting. Slovakia's president has called it a 'brutal and reckless' attack. International leaders have condemned the shooting, which Slovakia’s interior minister called a 'politically motivated assassination attempt." A suspect was arrested at the scene.