An explosion occurred at a cafe in the Russian city of St. Petersburg. As a result, a military blogger who supported the invasion of Ukraine died.
Yesterday (April 2), an unexpected incident occurred in the Russian city of St. Petersburg: an “explosion” in a cafe that caused military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, who Support for the Russo-Ukrainian War
officials expect This may have been a deliberate plot to murder a prominent figure supporting the Russian government. The explosion occurred while Tatarsky was a guest speaker for Cyber Front Z, which supports the invasion of Ukraine, and was hosting events at the cafe.
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This incident occurred around 5:00 p.m. local time. which, in addition to killing Tatarsky Another 25 people were injured, of which 19 were hospitalized and six were in critical condition.
For that Tatarsky He is quite a famous military blogger. More than 560,000 followers on social media were among those who attended last year’s ceremony for the annexation of Ukraine’s four regions. He often travels to the front line with Russian troops.
He was also one of those who criticized the Russian defense ministry last year. Because the army was not effective enough to achieve its military interests in Ukraine.
He once called for a court to be held against Russian military leaders. by referring to senior officers of the Russian army as “Untrained idiots.”
The vast majority of military bloggers in Russia are former veterans and have access to the front line. It often provides a rare insight into the actual operations of the Russian army in the area. and allowed to criticize the army But he rarely criticizes Putin. Last year, the Russian president also set up a task force to coordinate between the government and these bloggers.
The Investigative Committee revealed that Investigators and forensic experts were sent to the area. and proceeded to interrogate everyone who was at the scene
According to Russian media outlet Ria Novosti, Tatarsky may have been killed by a bomb hidden in some doll or sculpture that was handed to him by a woman before the explosion.
Ria Novosti quoted one witness as saying: “This woman sits at our table. I saw her from behind as she turned around. When she gave him a doll as a gift She sat somewhere by the window. and left the phone on our table.”
The witness added that “The host on stage took the doll out of the box and showed it. Vlad Lane held it for a moment. They brought it back and after a while it exploded… I had to run and plug my ears. There were many who were stained with blood.”
Astra Press quoted one witness as saying: “Everyone rushed to the exit when an explosion occurred. I myself saw the girl until the moment of the explosion when she gave a gift. She looks like a normal person.”
While Al Jazeera correspondents reported that “According to officials in St. Petersburg, They are looking for this woman who gave this gift to the organizer and speaker. They tried to find out what happened to her. to question her where this gift came from And is she related in any way or not?”
The Cyber Front Z group that organized events at the café said, “During our event in the café we rented. There was a terrorist attack. We use certain security measures. Unfortunately, it’s not enough. My condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.”
The group added that “My condolences to everyone who knew our great war correspondent and good friend Vladlen Tatarsky. We are now cooperating with law enforcement. And we hope that all those involved will be punished.”
While there is no clear evidence of who or what group was behind the blast, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said it was Ubekron without citing evidence.
“Russian journalists are constantly experiencing threats from the Ukrainian regime. This approach is being used more and more,” Zakharova said.
Mikhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the Ukrainian president, said: “Spiders are eating each other in jars. The question of when will domestic terrorism become an instrument of internal political struggle? It’s a matter of time,” suggesting that this could be caused by conflict within Russia.
compiled from Al Jazeera / CNN / The Guardian
Image from AFP
