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Slovakia Investigating Fico's Health Data Leak After Assassination Attempt

© AP Photo / Bela SzandelszkySlovakian police. (File)
Slovakian police. (File) - Sputnik International, 1920, 22.05.2024
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Slovakia is investigating the circumstances of the leak of data related to the health condition of Prime Minister Robert Fico after the assassination attempt, Slovak Prosecutor General Maros Zilinka said on Wednesday.
Earlier in May, an extract with Fico's medical data, allegedly from the hospital to which he was taken with gunshot wounds after the assassination attempt, was leaked on social networks.
"In connection with the leak and publication of data from Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's medical documents after the attack ... an investigation is underway into the unauthorized handling of personal data," Zilinka said on his social media.
Last Wednesday, Fico, 59, who has more than once spoken out against arms deliveries to Ukraine and its NATO membership, was shot after a government field-meeting in the Slovak city of Handlova, located 190 kilometers (118 miles) northeast of Bratislava. The prime minister was rushed to a hospital where he underwent several surgeries. The hospital providing post-assassination medical care to Fico said that his condition was improving and the prime minister remained conscious.
FILE - Former Slovak Prime Minister and head of leftist SMER - Social Democracy party Robert Fico arrives for an election rally in Michalovce, Slovakia, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was wounded in a shooting Wednesday May 15, 2024 and taken to hospital. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File) - Sputnik International, 1920, 21.05.2024
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The shooter, Juraj Cintula, 71, was detained immediately after the attack and charged with attempting to commit a premeditated murder. The Slovak Interior Ministry expressed the belief that the attack was politically motivated, as Cintula did not agree with the actions of the government. In particular, he was against stopping the supply of weapons to Ukraine.
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