Slovak PM eyes return to work after shooting

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Wednesday he might return to work later this month and also accused the opposition of showing hatred and aggressiveness towards his party, in his first public comments since a May 15 assassination attempt.Fico is recovering at home after being shot four times at close range when he greeted supporters at a government meeting in the central Slovak town of Handlova. The attack left him in serious condition in hospital and needing hours of surgery. In a video message posted on Facebook, Fico called his attacker an opposition activist, saying there was no reason to believe the shooting was the act of a “lone lunatic”.He said he felt no hatred toward the attacker and would not seek damages.“On May 15, a Slovak opposition activist tried to assassinate me in Handlova because of my political views,” Fico said in the video, adding medical staff had prevented the worst.“If everything goes optimally, I could gradually return to work at the turn of June and July.”Dressed in a button-down shirt with rolled sleeves and filmed from the waist up sitting in a black leather office chair, Fico looked in good health.His attacker, identified by prosecutors as 71-year old Juraj C, was detained on the spot after the attack and charged with attempted premeditated murder.

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