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Shahbulat Shamhalaev shot 5 times in Dagestan
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06.01.2016 | 5:33 PM ET
Shahbulat Shamhalaev was taken to hospital with various gunshot wounds on Wednesday following an altercation at a local restaurant in Makhachkala, Dagestan.
Shamhalaev, a former Bellator featherweight tournament winner, was reportedly shot five times by unnamed assailants. He was immediately taken to hospital, where he underwent surgery and had a kidney removed at approximately 4pm Moscow time.
The former title challenger is in stable condition but remains in intensive care.
"The conflict occurred in one of the city's restaurants," an unnamed source told ndelo.ru. "He was shot several times with a firearm. Now he is in intensive care. He underwent surgery, a kidney removed."
It appears several assailants entered a local restaurant in Dagestan. One approached a table where Shamhalaev was seated and fired a minimum of seven shots before fleeing the scene.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan press service confirmed the incident. BloodyElbow will update this report as more information comes to light.
Russian report with video of the incident: http://www.ndelo.ru/news/novosti/2492/
Terrible news. I recently heard he was planning on resuming his career. Hopefully, he can recover and be healthy again.
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06.09.2016 | 1:45 PM ET
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2016/6/9/11894442/bellator-vet-shamhalaev-bizarre-shooting-highlights-troubled-dagestan-politics-sports-putin-mma
"Shahbulat Shamhalaev made it as far as the hospital courtyard before he was tracked down by bewildered doctors. They surrounded the fighter and attempted to calm him down as he frantically attempted to escape the hospital he had been kept in for the past week."
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06.09.2016 | 7:46 PM ET
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