A woman has been arrested following the killing of a prominent pro-Kremlin military blogger in a St. Petersburg café bomb blast, Interfax news agency has reported.
Ednews reports citing Euronews that Vladlen Tatarsky died while speaking at a public event at the café on Sunday. At least 30 people were injured.
Interfax says that a St. Petersburg woman, Darya Tryopova, was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the bombing. It said that she had been previously detained for taking part in anti-war rallies.
Russian media and military bloggers said Tatarsky was meeting with members of the public when a woman presented him with a box containing a bust of him that apparently blew up. A patriotic Russian group that organised the event said it had taken security precautions but acknowledged that those measures “proved insufficient.”
In remarks recorded on video, a witness said that a woman who identified herself as Nastya asked questions and exchanged remarks with Tatarsky during the discussion.