Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico spoke for the first time since being shot and wounded in an assassination attempt against him last month, in a video posted on Wednesday, June 5, Paralel.Az reports citing Le Monde.

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. "I forgive him and let him sort out what he did and why he did it in his own head," he added.