Exclusive Video: Footage of the Attack on Armenian Taxi Driver by Osmanov

Footage of the attack on a taxi driver in Vladikavkaz has been released. The video shows the altercation starting between passenger Murad Osmanov and taxi driver Sergey Grigoryan on the road. At that moment, Osmanov, armed with a baton and a knife, stabs the 79-year-old man.

It is reported that after the attack, Osmanov was detained and taken to the hospital, where the relatives of the injured Grigoryan later arrived. They stabbed Osmanov several times with a knife and then shot at him with a firearm. The man later died in the intensive care unit.

Now, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of North Ossetia has initiated an investigation to understand why the police officers who escorted Osmanov to the hospital could not protect him from the revenge of the taxi driver's relatives, Baza reports.