An incident that occurred in the Irkutsk region has become known.
An attack was carried out on local council deputy Alexander Kuranov.
RIA Novosti reported the incident with reference to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Irkutsk Region.
It is specified that the incident occurred on October 31, when a local resident filed a complaint with the police about the attack.
The identity of the attackers remains unknown.
Circumstances of the case
It is specified that Kuranov confirmed the fact that the attack was committed against him.
The deputy said that there were two attackers, but it was not possible to identify them.
The attackers were wearing hoods and were armed with bats.
The official was lucky that the attackers were scared off by a man and a woman who appeared from the arch, so he only received a few blows.
The deputy wrote a statement to the police and expressed his opinion to law enforcement officers about what happened. He noted that during his career as a deputy he had constantly fought corruption.