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Suspect in shooting of Slovak prime minister is escorted to his home as police search for evidence
![Denes Erdos Hospital director Miriam Lapunikova speaks during a media briefing, outside the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured on May 15, is treated, in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times and gravely wounded Wednesday, but his deputy prime minister said he believed Fico would survive. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7a46694a3d544ac898bf337b022690c9/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Hospital director Miriam Lapunikova speaks during a media briefing, outside the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured on May 15, is treated, in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times and gravely wounded Wednesday, but his deputy prime minister said he believed Fico would survive. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
![Denes Erdos Visitors enter the building of the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured, is treated, in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Fico, 59, was shot multiple times on Wednesday as he was greeting supporters after a government meeting in the former coal mining town of Handlova. Officials at first reported that doctors were fighting for his life but after a five-hour operation described his situation as serious but stable. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/41600010a63742dd9196a2d3a03e00ba/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Visitors enter the building of the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured, is treated, in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Fico, 59, was shot multiple times on Wednesday as he was greeting supporters after a government meeting in the former coal mining town of Handlova. Officials at first reported that doctors were fighting for his life but after a five-hour operation described his situation as serious but stable. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
![Denes Erdos People walk outside the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured, is treated, in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Fico, 59, was shot multiple times on Wednesday as he was greeting supporters after a government meeting in the former coal mining town of Handlova. Officials at first reported that doctors were fighting for his life but after a five-hour operation described his situation as serious but stable. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/97344f273f274af28926c40dcecd5b44/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
People walk outside the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured, is treated, in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Fico, 59, was shot multiple times on Wednesday as he was greeting supporters after a government meeting in the former coal mining town of Handlova. Officials at first reported that doctors were fighting for his life but after a five-hour operation described his situation as serious but stable. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
![Uncredited Police escort a man into a car, center right, believed to be the suspect for Wednesday's assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico from his home in Levice, Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Fico, 59, was attacked as he was greeting supporters after a government meeting in the former coal mining town of Handlova. Prosecutors have told police not to publicly identify the suspect and other details about the case. (TVNoviny via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/40646837c5304b8fabd561735c1676e4/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Police escort a man into a car, center right, believed to be the suspect for Wednesday's assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico from his home in Levice, Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Fico, 59, was attacked as he was greeting supporters after a government meeting in the former coal mining town of Handlova. Prosecutors have told police not to publicly identify the suspect and other details about the case. (TVNoviny via AP)
![Denes Erdos FILE - Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico speaks during a press conference with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. Prime Minister Robert Fico returned to power in Slovakia last year. Having previously served twice as prime minister, from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2012 to 2018, the 59-year-old's third term made him the longest-serving head of government in Slovakia’s history. . (AP Photo/Denes Erdos, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/18b005d712ab4fad9b066962304fcc31/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico speaks during a press conference with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. Prime Minister Robert Fico returned to power in Slovakia last year. Having previously served twice as prime minister, from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2012 to 2018, the 59-year-old's third term made him the longest-serving head of government in Slovakia’s history. . (AP Photo/Denes Erdos, File)
![Uncredited Police escort a man, center, believed to be the suspect for Wednesday's assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico from his home in Levice, Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Fico, 59, was attacked as he was greeting supporters after a government meeting in the former coal mining town of Handlova. Prosecutors have told police not to publicly identify the suspect and other details about the case. (TVNoviny via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b93d5c4dc76a4b74a71c94cacdee7f7a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Police escort a man, center, believed to be the suspect for Wednesday's assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico from his home in Levice, Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Fico, 59, was attacked as he was greeting supporters after a government meeting in the former coal mining town of Handlova. Prosecutors have told police not to publicly identify the suspect and other details about the case. (TVNoviny via AP)
![Denes Erdos The building of F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital is reflected in a fountain statue called Flower of Life, created by Stefan Imrich, a Slovak architect in 1983, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured, is being treated, in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Fico, 59, was shot multiple times on Wednesday as he was greeting supporters after a government meeting in the former coal mining town of Handlova. Officials at first reported that doctors were fighting for his life but after a five-hour operation described his situation as serious but stable. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1f89374077eb430fb11ecb8bbe6a050c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
The building of F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital is reflected in a fountain statue called Flower of Life, created by Stefan Imrich, a Slovak architect in 1983, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured, is being treated, in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Fico, 59, was shot multiple times on Wednesday as he was greeting supporters after a government meeting in the former coal mining town of Handlova. Officials at first reported that doctors were fighting for his life but after a five-hour operation described his situation as serious but stable. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
![Denes Erdos Hospital director Miriam Lapunikova speaks during a media briefing, outside the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured on May 15, is treated, in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times and gravely wounded Wednesday, but his deputy prime minister said he believed Fico would survive. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d4ceae40b62747b3ab9203eb5f28db63/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Hospital director Miriam Lapunikova speaks during a media briefing, outside the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured on May 15, is treated, in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times and gravely wounded Wednesday, but his deputy prime minister said he believed Fico would survive. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
![Denes Erdos A police car, seen through the back window of a parked car, is stationed outside the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured, is treated, in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Fico, 59, was shot multiple times on Wednesday as he was greeting supporters after a government meeting in the former coal mining town of Handlova. Officials at first reported that doctors were fighting for his life but after a five-hour operation described his situation as serious but stable. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a2c8af4ed9be4a2ba7cb75667580504c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A police car, seen through the back window of a parked car, is stationed outside the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured, is treated, in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Fico, 59, was shot multiple times on Wednesday as he was greeting supporters after a government meeting in the former coal mining town of Handlova. Officials at first reported that doctors were fighting for his life but after a five-hour operation described his situation as serious but stable. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
![Denes Erdos Television news crews report from outside the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured, is treated, in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Fico, 59, was shot multiple times on Wednesday as he was greeting supporters after a government meeting in the former coal mining town of Handlova. Officials at first reported that doctors were fighting for his life but after a five-hour operation described his situation as serious but stable. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/fd028d1e6bf84c1fa8a102bf54678487/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Television news crews report from outside the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured, is treated, in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Fico, 59, was shot multiple times on Wednesday as he was greeting supporters after a government meeting in the former coal mining town of Handlova. Officials at first reported that doctors were fighting for his life but after a five-hour operation described his situation as serious but stable. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
![Denes Erdos Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Slovakia Robert Kalinak speaks during a media briefing outside the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured on May 15, is treated, in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times and gravely wounded Wednesday, but his deputy prime minister said he believed Fico would survive. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/cae4b46ddc3b4efc96744baad66da047/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Slovakia Robert Kalinak speaks during a media briefing outside the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured on May 15, is treated, in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times and gravely wounded Wednesday, but his deputy prime minister said he believed Fico would survive. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
![Denes Erdos Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Slovakia Robert Kalinak speaks during a media briefing outside the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured on May 15, is treated, in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times and gravely wounded Wednesday, but his deputy prime minister said he believed Fico would survive. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/06a73d29a0f04570aa54ed0354ba8de0/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Slovakia Robert Kalinak speaks during a media briefing outside the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured on May 15, is treated, in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times and gravely wounded Wednesday, but his deputy prime minister said he believed Fico would survive. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
![Denes Erdos A man walks with an umbrella past the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured on May 15, is being treated, in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Fico, 59, was shot multiple times on Wednesday as he was greeting supporters after a government meeting in the former coal mining town of Handlova. Officials at first reported that doctors were fighting for his life but after a five-hour operation described his situation as serious but stable. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1497e3181d4044868e20fb72e99e9b30/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A man walks with an umbrella past the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured on May 15, is being treated, in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Fico, 59, was shot multiple times on Wednesday as he was greeting supporters after a government meeting in the former coal mining town of Handlova. Officials at first reported that doctors were fighting for his life but after a five-hour operation described his situation as serious but stable. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)