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Slovak PM back at work two months after shooting

Robert Fico, Prime Minister of Slovakia talks to local farmers as members of Slovak government gather to celebrate the 2024 Harvest Day on 8 July 2024.[AFP]

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico said he had returned to work on Tuesday, almost two months after a lone gunman had shot him four times on May 15.

The 59-year-old Fico was shot from close range after a government meeting in central Slovakia and underwent two lengthy surgeries in a nearby hospital.

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