South Ossetian candidate for president attacked

Leonid Tibilov, a candidate for president of South Ossetia, was attacked at a meeting with voters on the Street of Gafeza in Tskhinvali yesterday, his press service said, “Kabardino-Balkaria. World and You” reports.

Tibilov said that it was an assassination attempt to ruin the electoral process and destabilize the situation. He believes that the forces behind the attempt are trying to turn South Ossetia into a parliamentary republic with former President Eduard Kokoity at power.