The attack occurred Thursday evening in the middle of the street. While he had just met residents of the town of Apatity, Andreï Tchibis, government of the Murmansk region (Russia), was attacked with a knife by an individual. “A local resident attacked the governor with a knife, inflicting a wound on him,” the Russian Investigative Committee said this Friday, stressing that the assailant was arrested. During interrogation, the latter claimed to have acted “because of his antipathy towards the governor, although he did not know him personally”.
Hospitalized after the attack, Andreï Tchibis, who suffered from a stomach injury, was operated on urgently and placed in intensive care. “I woke up after the operation. I want to say a big thank you to our doctors. And to all of you of course for your concern and for supporting me,” the governor said from his hospital bed, in a video posted on Telegram. “I’ll get well now and then back to work!” “, he added.