Slovak PM Fico has CT scan during recovery from assassination attempt
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A TV car parks near the F.D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is hospitalized following an assassination attempt, in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, May 21, 2024.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico underwent a follow-up abdominal CT scan and remains conscious and communicative, doctors treating him said on Tuesday, as he recovers from being hit by four bullets in an assassination attempt last week.
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