The mayor of Merenii Noi village of Anenii Noi district was rushed to the hospital after he was found unconscious in his home. It was determined that unknowns tried to set his apartment door on fire.

Contacted by IPN for details, press officer of the Anenii Noi Police Inspectorate Olesea Gherman said the police were called out after midnight. An investigation is under way to establish the circumstances of the case and identify those involved.

The mayor is now out of danger. The neighbors told the police that the mayor had been on huger strike since January 18.

The political party “Our Party”, on whose ticket Andrei Druzi was elected mayor, several days ago informed that the hunger strike was in protest at the “wrongdoings committed by the local councilors”. “Andrei Druzi accuses the local councilors of blocking all his proposals so as to sabotage his work and to ultimately discredit him before the villagers who voted for him in the local elections of 2019,” said the party.