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A car with Zakhar Prilepin exploded near Nizhny Novgorod. Writer injured, his driver killed

May 6, 2023

Audi Q7 writer Zakhar Prilepin was blown up in the Nizhny Novgorod region. The driver was killed, the writer himself was injured. He is currently receiving medical treatment, emergency services are working on the scene, informed Mash telegram channel.

Previously, the explosive device was located under the bottom of the car.

How informed Telegram channel SHOT, Prilepin traveled to Nizhny to visit his family. According to the channel’s source, Zakhar Prilepin was seriously injured, his legs were injured. The driver Alexandre died instantly. They were both in the car

According to the Telegram channel, the IED was planted under the hood. The car exploded around 10:40 a.m. Moscow time and overturned. As a result of the explosion, a crater about 1.5 meters in diameter and 0.7 meters deep formed under the car.

Undermine Undermine Audi Q7 arrived in the village of Pioneer.

Zakhar Prilepin is fine, his press secretary Elizaveta Kondakova told Russian media. “What exactly happened at this time is not established,” she added.

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