Explosion in Russian cafe kills long-time Russian conflict correspondent, injures 15

ST PETERSBURG, Russia — An explosion tore by means of a restaurant within the Russian metropolis of St. Petersburg on Sunday, and preliminary stories urged a distinguished navy blogger was killed and greater than a dozen folks had been injured.

Russian information stories mentioned blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed and 15 folks had been harm within the explosion on the “Avenue Bar” cafe in Russia’s second largest metropolis. The stories didn’t point out any declare of duty or present particulars of what they referred to as an “explosive machine” carried by a restaurant customer.

Russia media and navy bloggers mentioned Tatarsky was assembly with members of the general public and {that a} girl offered him with a statuette that apparently exploded.

The constructing’s facade was reportedly broken.