Pro-Kremlin Writer Zakhar Prilepin Injured In Car Bomb

 

BBC: Zakhar Prilepin: Russian pro-war blogger injured in car bomb 

A prominent Russian writer and pro-war blogger has been wounded by a car bomb, officials say. Zakhar Prilepin, an vehement supporter of the Ukraine war, was reportedly conscious after the attack in the Nizhny Novgorod region but his driver was killed. 

A suspect was detained, the interior ministry said. It comes a month after another pro-Kremlin blogger, Vladlen Tatarsky, died in a bombing at a St Petersburg café.

Less that two hours after Saturday's attack was reported, the interior ministry said a suspect with previous convictions had been detained near a forest in the Nizhny Novgorod region. 

"The search for possible accomplices continues," the statement said.  

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WNU Editor: This is the third known attack against Russian influencers in the past few months.  According to Russian media, an arrest has already been made, and the suspect is claiming that he was hired to do this attack.

Update: The Kremlin is blaming the U.S. and Ukraine for this attack .... US, Ukraine to blame for terror attack against Prilepin – Russian MFA (TASS). 

Pro-Kremlin Writer Zakhar Prilepin Injured In Car Bomb 

Russia says bomber who injured novelist acted for Ukraine -- AP  

Pro-Kremlin writer Zakhar Prilepin injured in car explosion, says Russia -- The Guardian/Reuters  

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