TASS news agency quoted the interior ministry as saying one person had been killed in the blast in Nizny Novgorod region, about 400 km (250 miles) east of Moscow.
It separately quoted a source in the emergency services as saying the writer was wounded but conscious after the explosion.
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Unknown people blew up the car of writer Zakhar Prilepin in Nizhny Novgorod, he survived, but was injured, a source with the emergency services told TASS on Saturday.
ReplyDelete"The car of the writer Zakhar Prilepin was blown up in Nizhny Novgorod. He survived, but was wounded and is conscious," the source said.
According to preliminary data, an explosive device was planted under the bottom of the car.
A car carrying Zakhar Prilepin, a well-known Russian writer and political activist, was hit by an explosion near Nizhny Novgorod, with several Russian media outlets reporting the incident on Saturday.
ReplyDeleteAccording to RIA Novosti, Prilepin survived the blast, but his driver was killed. Prilepin's press service confirmed he was "all right," but provided no further details.
A source cited by TASS claimed that the writer "was injured, but remains conscious," and that the explosive device was planted underneath the vehicle.
The explosion reportedly occurred as Prilepin was returning from a trip to two Donbas republics.