Governor of Russia's Murmansk region wounded in stabbing assault

MOSCOW -- Governor of Russia's Murmansk region Andrei Chibis was stabbed in the stomach after a meeting in the town of Apatity on Thursday, local media reported.

Chibis was hospitalized and the attacker was detained, the TASS news agency reported.

"This evening in the city of Apatity, there was an armed attack on the head of the region. After a meeting with citizens, at the exit from the building of the Stroitel cultural center, Andrei Chibis was stabbed in the stomach and was hospitalized in the Apatity-Kirov hospital," the report said, quoting the press service of the head of the region.

Chibis, who was currently in the operating room, managed to get to the car on his own after the attack, according to the report.