The girl who brought the allegedly mined figurine to a meeting with military commissar Vladlen Tatarsky at a St. Petersburg cafe is lying in one of the city’s hospitals, informed telegram channel “112”.
According to him, the patient is in a state of moderate gravity in the “shock room”. At the time of hospitalization, she had no documents with her, so the girl’s identity has not yet been established.
“It is not yet known if the young girl was involved in the explosion and is the author, or if she could be used in the dark”, say the authors of the chain.
This girl, after handing over the statuette, did not leave the room, but remained at the table, complaints a cafe visitor sitting next to her in conversation with RT. “When it all happened, she went straight to me,” an eyewitness said.
Another cafe visitor in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda declared that at the entrance, the girl with the box where the figure was packed was stopped, citing security concerns, but Tatarsky himself allegedly demanded to let her pass.
According to the preliminary version, the explosive device was activated remotely, informed RBC, citing its source at the Ministry of the Interior. According to him, the Russian special services have long been aware of the preparations for the attack on Tatarsky.
Military Commissar Tatarsky exploded at Z-Club party. What do we know of his death
The management of the St. Petersburg bookstore “Foliage”, which held a meeting with the military correspondent on the morning of April 2, Remarks that it is no coincidence that they decided to close the event: “This format was chosen for security reasons, and, unfortunately, we were not mistaken. After all, today Vladlen has become a target for Ukrainian terrorists. He was our old friend, just like Dasha Dugina, who also played with us.
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Girl with a figurine
Eyewitnesses present at the party noticed that Tatarsky knew the girl with the statuette. She introduced herself to those around Nastya and Anastasia, and also said that she had previously attended meetings with the military correspondent and gave him “either postcards or drawings.”
Source at the Ministry of the Interior declared RBC that the explosion of the figurine is only one of the versions considered by the investigation. According to him, the epicenter of the explosion was at a height of 60 cm from the ground, the explosive device was without shells, and its power was 300-400 grams of TNT.
Military commander Vladlen Tatarsky was killed. Photo gallery
Shot published photo of a girl walking down the street with a box in her hands, and suggests that it could be the same “Anastasia” who gave the figurine to Tatarsky. According to the channel, a certain woman and two men with backpacks left the cafe two minutes before the explosion, and they are now wanted.
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The murder of Vladlen Tatarsky
Military commissar Vladlen Tatarsky (Maxim Fomin) died in an explosion at the St. Petersburg Street Food Bar #1 cafe on the embankment of St. Petersburg University, where on the evening of April 2 a meeting with him took place place as part of the Z Front Cyber ​​Discussion Club. The explosive device was supposedly inside the figurine, which was brought and presented to the military commander by a certain girl who introduced herself as Anastasia.
“It’s definitely an act of terrorism.” Voenkor VGTRK Yevgeny Poddubny about the death of Vladlen Tatarsky
A criminal case was brought under the section for murder committed in a generally dangerous manner. For his investigation, the leaders and specialists of the Main Directorate of Criminal Investigations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia left Moscow for St. Petersburg. The St. Petersburg prosecutor is also on the scene, and the work of the emergency and victim assistance services is supervised by the city governor Alexander Beglov.
The photo and video of the scene, published by the press service of the Investigative Committee of Russia, describes the consequences of the explosion: almost the entire building was destroyed from the inside, all the windows were smashed.
Saint Petersburg Ministry of Health clarifies 24 victims were hospitalized after the explosion, six of them were in serious condition, and the others were in moderate to mild condition.
According to Fontanka, coffee belongs founder of PMC “Wagner” Yevgeny Prigozhin. Political scientist Konstantin Dolgov writes in his Telegram channel that the businessman could also have attended the meeting with Tatarsky, but changed his plans.
