"Feel No Hatred": Slovak PM In First Appearance After Assassination Attempt

In the video on Facebook, Robert Fico said he forgave the attacker who shot him four times and announced he would be ready to gradually resume his duties starting later this month.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico spoke in a video posted on Wednesday for the first time since being shot and wounded in an assassination attempt against him last month.

In the video on Facebook, Fico said he forgave the attacker who shot him four times and announced he would be ready to gradually resume his duties starting later this month.

"I feel no hatred towards the stranger who shot me," Fico said, according to an English translation on the video, looking calm but speaking with long pauses.