NNA - The Russian authorities announced on Saturday that they had opened an investigation into a "terrorist act" and arrested a suspect after the car explosion in which nationalist writer Zakhar Prilepin, known for his support for the Russian attack on Ukraine, was injured, according to "Agence France-Presse".

In a statement, the investigation committee announced the opening of this investigation, explaining that "the writer's driver was killed in the attack."

For its part, the Ministry of the Interior indicated that a man "who may be linked to the explosion" had been arrested in the Nizhny Novgorod region, where the accident occurred.

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