Burgomaster in Belgium was wounded in the attack of an attacker

The burgomaster of the city of Bruges Dirk De Fau was injured in the attack of an attacker with a knife. This was announced on June 20 by the press service of the prosecutor's office of the province of West Flanders in northwestern Belgium. The mayor was attacked by an attacker on one of the streets in Bruges. As a result of the attack, De Fau was injured in the neck and was hospitalized. In the hospital, the burgomaster underwent surgery, his condition is assessed by doctors as stable, his life is out of danger. The attacker was detained by police, an investigation was launched. A criminal case was opened on the fact of the attack for an attempted murder. The motives of the attacker and the circumstances of the crime are being clarified. It is noted that the inhabitants of the city characterize the burgomaster as an exemplary mayor, very far from various kinds of radicalism. Earlier, the news agency reported on the attack on the house of the Minister of Justice of South Ossetia in Tskhinvala.