The Telegram channel writes that unknown persons planted explosives in the engine of the car of the author Zakhar Prilepin. 112.
“The explosive was at the bottom of the vehicle engine. <…> Its weight was at least 3 kilograms in TNT equivalent,” he said.
According to him, the explosive device could have been detonated remotely.
Prilepin will be taken by helicopter to the district hospital, after which the doctors will decide on the transfer of the writer to Moscow, 112.
previous media published Footage from the explosion scene of the Audi Q7 car that Prilepin was driving along the highway in the Nizhny Novgorod region. As a result of the explosion, the car rolled over, leaving a funnel in place.
Prilepin was wounded in both legs. The driver in the vehicle, dead in place. Moreover recognizedthat the daughter of Prilepin, who was traveling with her father, got out of the car shortly before the explosion.