The police began looking for the attackers on Victor Shchadey (OFFICIAL)

Uzhgorod police are looking for the offender who stabbed the Acting Mayor of Uzhgorod Victor Shchadey.

Yesterday, around 21.40, a doctor of the Central clinical hospital of Uzhgorod reported to Uzhgorod police that they had admitted a 33-year-old resident of Uzhgorod with a stab wound (non-penetrating) in the left lumbar region. 

Law enforcement officers immediately arrived at the hospital to determine the circumstances of the incident. It was found out that the victim received these injuries from an unknown person near one of the leisure facilities on Mynaiska street in Uzhgorod.

According to the victim, when he parked his car and got out of it, he noticed an unknown citizen nearby who was talking on the phone. Heading towards the "Pub House" bar, for a while he lost sight of the unknown man. However, at this moment he felt a sharp pain in the left lumbar area and noticed that the same man had walked away from him, crossed the road and fled in an unknown direction.  

Currently, the victim is being treated in Uzhgorod central city hospital. Uzhgorod police investigation unit has opened criminal proceedings over this fact under Part 2 of Article 125 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (intentional minor bodily harm). The investigation is Ongoing – PR Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Office in Transcarpathian region reported.