Suspect in Slovak Prime Minister Shooting Faces Charge of Carrying Out Terrorist Attack

Suspect in Slovak Prime Minister Shooting Faces Charge of Carrying Out Terrorist Attack
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico addresses the nation for the first time after the shooting, before the EU Parliamentary Election, in Bratislava, Slovakia, in this screengrab taken from a social media video released on June 5, 2024. Robert Fico via Facebook via Reuters
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The man detained over the shooting of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico will face prosecution on the charge of carrying out a terrorist attack, Slovakia’s general prosecutor said on Thursday.

Fico is recovering after being shot four times at close range when he greeted supporters at a government meeting in the central Slovak town of Handlova in mid-May. That left him needing hours of surgery.