Defence Minister and First Minister of State Godrik Kim has announced that President Blanc is alive, awake and stable following surgery. She is expected to remain in hospital for the rest of the week, however when released from hospital she will not actively be returning to her role as president until atleast Mid-November allowing time to sufficiently recover. 

Between now and then acting President Godrik Kim has vowed to continue President Blancs reforms and carry out her duties, delegating Defence Minister Duties to his junior minister.  

Regarding the attempted assassination incident, Godrik Kim said that despite earlier reports, only two of the assailants were shot dead at the scene, with the third is under armed guard and in critical condition after receiving multiple bullet wounds. He went further to name the deceased protection officer PC James Roberts who will be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Honour, and a state funeral as per ancient laws that state anyone who dies on parliamentary grounds is granted a state funeral.

Godrik Kim promised a swift and effective investigation, and said that so far police believe the attempted assassins to be an insular far right group of three. 

Video footage from last night show that the President was ambushed as she left parliament by two gun men, PC James Roberts jumped into the line of fire, taking the brunt of the first bullet, which traveled through his body and entered President Blancs shoulder where it remained lodged. Other protection officers shot the first assailant dead, the second assailant then shot president Blanc through the stomach when she grabbed PC James Roberts gun and shot the second assailant dead. Unaware of the seriousness of her injuries she then attempted to perform CPR on PC James Roberts, who sadly died of blood loss, due to this exertion she fainted and collapsed, whilst protection officers confronted the getaway driver, who was shot multiple times, but remains alive. An ambulance arrived within 3 minutes, saving the Presidents Life.