Attack in a bar in St. Petersburg: bomb kills Russian nationalist blogger
The victim is Vladlen Tatarsky, at least 15 injured. The explosive was allegedly hidden inside a statue that had been given to him during a conferenceThe well-known nationalist blogger and Russian war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky died in the explosion at a coffee bar in St. Petersburg. This was reported by the emergency services cited by the Russian media. The Tass agency specifies that the explosion was caused by over 200 grams of Tnt and that the toll also includes fifteen injured.
According to initial information, still to be confirmed, shortly before the explosion, the blogger had been given a statuette while he was giving a lecture on a small stage.
Then, the tremendous explosion, which was caught on security cameras.
The first news from Russia says that it was a man who placed the statuette in Tatarsky's hands, but at the request of a woman, of whom the first images are already circulating.
(Unioneonline/E.Fr.)