Police in St. Petersburg have reportedly arrested local resident 26-year-old Daria Trepova on suspicion of carrying out the cafe bombing that killed z-blogger Vladlen Tatarsky and injured more than two dozen people.
Pro-Russian combatant turned propagandist, known by the pseudonym Vladlen Tatarsky, was killed in a St. Petersburg cafe on Sunday, April 2, in an explosion that injured at 32 others.
Footage captured on a cellphone just before the explosion showed Tatarsky examining a statuette of a miner. Tatarsky was himself formerly a miner, and his Ukrainian hometown is in a region known for its coal mining and heavy industry. “What a beautiful guy”, Tatarsky said, while examining the statue, before joking, “I’m much prettier!”
Moments later, the explosives hidden inside the bust detonated, killing Tatarsky instantly.