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Added on the 03/04/2023 10:46:17 - Copyright : France 24 EN
People gather in Moscow ahead of the funeral of a high-profile military blogger and staunch supporter of Moscow's assault on Ukraine, Vladlen Tatarsky, who was killed an explosion at a cafe in Russia's second city, Saint Petersburg, on April 2nd. IMAGES
"It was like a slow-motion movie," says one witness of an explosion at a cafe in Russia's second-largest city of Saint Petersburg that killed a prominent Russian military blogger and left 25 others injured. The Ria Novosti agency, quoting a source close to the inquiry, said "a girl" had supposedly dropped off a package with a "figurine" inside intended for the blogger.
A top Ukrainian official suggested internal struggles over the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine were behind the blast.
Russia accuses Ukraine of masterminding the murder of a prominent war blogger. Vladlen Tatarsky whose real name was Maxim Fomin blown up by a figurine handed to him during a talk in a St Petersburg cafe. In a police video, a 26-year old Russian woman admitted to handing him the bomb but reportedly said it was a set up. FRANCE 24's Camille Knight tells us more.
Russian media claims the suspect was asked to deliver the bomb following the killing of a prominent pro-Russian military blogger in a St. Petersburg café bomb blast
A number of London police have stepped back from firearms duties after a fellow officer was charged with murder over the fatal shooting of a young black man, a force spokesman said Sunday. Police in Britain are not routinely armed and the small proportion who are authorised to carry guns are highly trained.
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