Killing of pro-Kremlin blogger investigated as murder
The killing of Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky is being investigated as a "high-profile murder", authorities have said.
Twenty-four others were taken to hospital and six were in critical condition, the health ministry said.It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attack. Russia's Investigative Committee, the country's top criminal investigation agency, has opened an investigation into what it described as a "high-profile murder".Russian investigators arrived at the scene of the explosion at the St Petersburg cafeThere are conflicting reports in Russian media about the explosive device. According to official sources quoted by Russian state media, Tatarsky was presented with a statue in a box as a gift, which had a bomb hidden inside.
He had reported from the Ukraine front line and gained particular notoriety last year after posting a video filmed inside the Kremlin in which he said: "We will defeat everyone, we will kill everyone, we will rob everyone as necessary. Just as we like it."
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