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Legislative group office manager stabbed in attack

Wednesday 18 April 2001 00:00 BST
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Two unknown assailants stabbed an office manager for the People's Deputy legislative group in Russia's parliament.

Two unknown assailants stabbed an office manager for the People's Deputy legislative group in Russia's parliament early on Monday, a police official said.

The two men attacked Viktor Tyukin with knives near the entrance to a building in western Moscow and then ran away, a spokeswoman for Moscow's police department said on condition of anonymity.

Tyukin was hospitalized in critical condition with several stab wounds to his stomach, she said. There was no information on a possible motive.

Tyukin, who is not a legislator himself, worked as the faction's chief of office in Russia's parliament, or State Duma.

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