Russian Opposition Politician Targeted With Grenade Trap

[TomSea]

Russian Opposition Politician Targeted With Grenade Trap
March 2, 2017 — 17:45

An opposition politician and journalist in central Russia has escaped unharmed after an unknown attacker set a live grenade to explode outside his home.

Agzam Sharafiev, editor of local newspaper Yegorshiskie Vesti and a member of the Sverdlovsk regional parliament, found the grenade placed inside a glass container close to his apartment in the town of Artemovsky.

Police believe that if the glass had been dropped and shattered, the grenade would have exploded on impact.

Continued: https://themoscowtimes.com/news/russian-journalist-and-politician-targeted-with-grenade-trap-57315

[geronl]

not too surprising. doesn't have the flair of polonium poisoning or VX nerve gas wiped on the face