Prominent Russian Novelist Wounded In Car Bomb Assassination Attempt

"One of Russia's best-known novelists has been targeted in an apparent attempted
assassination near the city of Nizhny Novgorod on Saturday. RIA Novosti is reporting that a native of Ukraine is in custody related to the attack.

Zakhar Prilepin was wounded by a car bomb, which killed his driver. Immediately after the blast he was seriously injured but reportedly conscious, after which a suspect was quickly detained." ZH