Slovak PM Robert Fico released from hospital after assassination attempt

Robert Fico has been released from hospital (Denes Erdos/AP)

Slovakia’s populist prime minister Robert Fico has been released from hospital where he was treated after an assassination attempt.

Miriam Lapunikova, the director of the clinic in the central city of Banska Bystrica, said on Friday that Mr Fico was taken to his home, where he continues to recover from the attack.