Russian investigators
on Monday detained a woman
searching for the killers of pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in an explosion at a St Petersburg cafe.
Darya Trepova
, 26, was on an Interior Ministry wanted list.
Her arrest was later confirmed by the Russian Investigative Committee.
Russian media reported that Tatarsky was passed a figurine shortly before the explosion, and there is speculation that there might be a device hidden inside.
Darya Trepova, 26, was on an Interior Ministry wanted list.
Photo: EFe
More than 30 people were injured in the explosion.
A carefully planned attack
Authorities said the attack in the center of Russia's
second-largest city
was being treated as a
"high-profile assassination"
and had been
carefully planned
and involved several people.
Trepova was detained at a St. Petersburg apartment owned by a friend of her husband's, according to Russian reports.
On the day of the large-scale invasion of Russia last year, she was reportedly detained for several days for participating
in an anti-war protest.
Tatarsky had attended a patriotic gathering with supporters in the cafe as a guest speaker.
Destruction in the cafe where the attack occurred.
Photo: AP
A video circulating on social media shows a young woman in a brown coat apparently entering the cafe with a cardboard box.
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