Masked assailants attacked Russian MMA fighter Timur Khizriev with less-lethal weapons in Dagestan on Tuesday night, according to state media.
The incident took place around 11:30 p.m. near a residential building in Makhachkala. The Telegram channel Baza reports that two masked men were waiting for Khizriev. When he got out of his car, they opened fire on him with traumatic pistols.
RIA Novosti said Khizriev was hospitalized with “multiple traumatic injuries.”
“He underwent surgery. He was hit by at least five rounds. As far as I know, none of the wounds were penetrating,” a source close to Khizriev told TASS.
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