MOSCOW, January 28 (RIA Novosti) - Sergei Takoyev, the head of the presidential and government administration of Russia's North Ossetian republic in the North Caucasus, has been wounded in an attack, local police said on Monday.
"An unknown assailant shot at Takoyev at around 3:00 p.m. on Sunday. Takoyev was hospitalized with a severe gunshot wound, and is currently in a serious condition," a police source said.
The head of a local college was also hospitalized on Sunday after his car came under fire in Vladikavkaz, the capital of the republic.