Athletistic / Basketball. The suspects in the attack on CSKA defender Alexei Shved have told their own version of what happened. According to them, it all started with a verbal conflict with the wife of the basketball player.

Earlier it became known that the Shved suffered serious head injuries during a fight in one of the capital’s restaurants.

“There was a verbal engagement with Alexei’s wife, because of which he got up, and physical contact began between me and him. He came and touched me, then I took him by the jacket and I made a cut. He landed on the ground. Then a blow was struck at Shved because of my back,” the Interior Ministry’s press service said citing the first suspect.

The Interior Ministry announced the arrest of suspects in the beating of CSKA defender Shved

“There was a fight between my friends and the girl. There was a verbal skirmish which turned into a fight with men who left the restaurant to help the girl. They are basketball players, one of ‘them was Alexei Shved. When it turned into a personal challenge to us, mostly from my friend’s side, he started responding to the girl, then Shved heard that, came out and started defending her. As a result, everything turned into a fight,” the second inmate said.


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