Russian authorities detain a suspect in connection with blast that killed a prominent military blogger and injured 32 at a cafe in St. Petersburg
Members of the Ministry of the Russian Federation stand at the side of an explosion at a cafe in St. Petersburg, Russia on April 2.
A well-known Russian military blogger was killed in an explosion at a cafe in St. Petersburg on Sunday, officials said, in whatmilitary blogger Vladlen Tatarsky and injured at least 30 other people, according to Russian state news agency TASS and local authorities. Tatarsky died when the blast tore through the cafe where he was appearing as a guest of a pro-war group called Cyber Front Z, which was hosting a regular event. Authorities said they were treating the case as suspected murder.Russian media reports suggested that Tatarsky may have been killed by a device hidden in a figurine presented to him by a woman before the blast.
, citing public sources. While Tatarsky was ardently pro-war, he also sometimes issued criticism of setbacks in Moscow's campaign — a fairly rare phenomenon in the Russian public sphere.
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