Several assailants attacked Ilya Guskov, an employee in Moscow’s Department of Education, hospitalizing the government official. One of the assailants has since been identified as a former MMA fighter.
According to the investigation, Guskov had arrived to work and was emerging from his car when an unknown assailant stepped out from behind him and landed a powerful blow to Guskov’s head. Guskov was knocked unconscious, at which point the assailant began to rummage through his pockets. When a security guard came to intervene, the robbers attacked him as well and continued their search of the victim.