IED

IED event in Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg Municipality area, Russian Federation on Fri 5th January 2018

5th January 2018

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On 5th January, several unidentified individuals put a home-made explosive device into a mailbox of Andrei Timesko, a journalist based in St. Petersburg The device exploded prematurely, so no one was injured. Two days later the same individuals returned, did the same and in addition poured a liquid in front of the house. According to him, these people were probably hooilgans, taking revenge after the journalist published several reports about them.

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Saint Petersburg ( St. Petersburg Municipality area )

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