“Everything will be in accordance with the law, the attackers will face heavy penalties.” The press secretary of FC Leningradets spoke about the attack on Evseev and Shmarko

Football club press officer “Leningrader” Georgiy Nachkepia on MATCH PRIME gave details of the attack on the team’s coaching staff.

Earlier it became known that the head coach of the team Vadim Evseev and his assistant Alexandra Shmarko two men were attacked in Astrakhan. They sprayed pepper spray in Evseev’s face and when the assistant coach tried to stop the attackers, they pulled out a knife. Leningradets reported that Shmarko received a cut on his cheek. On Monday, Evseev told that he had returned to St. Petersburg and his vision had not yet fully recovered. The Russian Interior Ministry in the Astrakhan region announced the initiation of criminal proceedings against the attackers.

— We were returning from the restaurant late in the evening. There were seven of us, but our company was a little divided. We stretched out for 100 to 150 meters.

I was right in front. At one point we stopped to wait for everyone. And at that moment I heard the characteristic sounds of a skirmish. We immediately ran there and saw a photo of Vadim Valentinovich standing and holding his face. Our colleague is also covered in gas, obviously.

The guys who had already arrived in time knocked down an attacker. Alexander Nikolaevich (Shmarko) immediately rushed to the second, and while we were twisting him, Alexander Nikolaevich was unfortunately hit with a knife.

We quickly neutralized them, I quickly called an ambulance and the police. Fortunately, services arrived quickly. We handed over the attackers to the police and doctors came to help. Alexander Nikolayevich received five stitches.

An investigation team arrived in the morning and questioned everyone…

— What could have provoked the attack?

“There was no need to provoke.” Absolutely two frozen people. Just so you understand, one of them had a knife tied to his hand with a bandage. Honestly, I don’t understand what motivates you to do this.

What did he want? Did you want to kill? He shouted something. The investigation will resolve the problem.

The full background of these characters is now clear to the police. Maybe we’ll discover some sort of pattern. Although it seems to me that these guys were on some sort of substance. But they certainly weren’t drunk.

— Were there any peculiarities in behavior?

“Everyone was in shock. As we twisted them, we dented them a little. They were screaming like crazy. And in the police car, they were banging on something and shouting. After a while, they calmed down. But they were completely crazy.

— Will the club insist that the sanction be the most severe?

– There is no need to insist. Law enforcement officers worked very clearly. Investigators assured that everything would happen according to the law and the guys would face serious penalties. Because it is an attempted murder with a knife. The club does not need to do anything more.

— The main question concerns the state of health of the victims.

— Alexander Nikolayevich was seriously injured. I have no information about the operation; he had stitches. But there is some swelling there. He hasn’t appeared on the field yet, but maybe he will tomorrow. But overall everything is going as well as it could be in such an attack.

Vadim Valentinovitch and our colleague suffered burns to their mucous membranes. Doctors prescribed medication. “Everything should return to normal,” said the press officer on the air of the show “Central Circle” on the MATCH PREMIER television channel.

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