Man stabs governor of Russia’s Murmansk region with knife

An unknown assailant stabbed the
governor of Russia’s Arctic region of Murmansk, wounding him in
the stomach after he held a meeting with residents on Thursday,
Russian news agencies quoted the governor’s press service as
saying.
The agencies said the man accosted Governor Andrei Chibis as
he emerged from a meeting in the local town hall of Apatity,
south of the northern port of Murmansk.
“There was an armed attack and he suffered a knife wound in
the stomach. The attacker has been detained,” agencies quoted
the governor’s press service as saying.
“The governor is currently in surgery. He is conscious and
made his own way to his car. On his way to the hospital he was
talking and answering questions. He was courageous, cheerful.”
The agencies said nothing about a possible motive for the
assault.
An armed attack on a public official is a relatively rare
occurrence in Russia, particularly in an Arctic region like
Murmansk, some 1,500 km (900 miles) north of Moscow.