About Car Bomb
A car bomb, lorry bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, is an improvised explosive device placed inside a car or other vehicle and then detonated.
How a suicide bomb attack changed the lives of UN aid workers
... In 2007, 10 UN workers died when a Car Bomb targeted UN buildings in Algiers...
Omagh bomb: Families mark 25th anniversary with private service
... Flowers will be laid at the glass obelisk at 15:10 BST, the time that the dissident republican Car Bomb exploded...
Omagh bomb service 'testament to community spirit' 25 years on
... What happened at Omagh? A large Car Bomb exploded in the centre of the town on Saturday 15 August 1998...
Zakhar Prilepin: Russian pro-war writer hit by car bomb out of coma
...By Matt MurphyBBC NewsA Russian pro-war writer who was seriously injured in a Car Bomb on Saturday is out of a medically induced coma, his spokeswoman says...
Russian pro-war blogger injured in car bomb
...By Matt MurphyBBC NewsA prominent Russian writer and pro-war blogger has been wounded by a Car Bomb, officials say...
Vladlen Tatarsky: Woman detained over killing of pro-Kremlin blogger
... She died in a Car Bomb attack near Moscow last August...
Omagh police shooting: Who is PSNI detective John Caldwell?
... In 2021, on the 10th anniversary of his murder in a booby-trap Car Bomb in County Tyrone, for information, " Despicably, people living in his own community planned and plotted to kill him simply because he was a police officer bravely going out every day to protect people and make communities safer places to live and work, " he said...
Timeline of dissident republican activity
... Four days before Christmas, a 27-year-old man from County Monaghan man was jailed for three years for possession of a Car Bomb that was left outside Crossmaglen police station in County Armagh...
Russian pro-war blogger injured in car bomb
By Matt MurphyBBC News
A prominent Russian writer and pro-war blogger has been wounded by a Car Bomb , officials say.
Zakhar Prilepin , an vehement supporter of The Ukraine war, was reportedly conscious after The Attack in The Nizhny Novgorod region but his driver was killed.
A suspect was detained over The Attack , The Interior ministry said.
It Comes a month after another pro-Kremlin blogger, Vladlen Tatarsky , died in a bombing at a St Petersburg café.
Less that two hours after Saturday's attack was first reported, The Interior ministry said a suspect with previous convictions had been detained near a forest in The Nizhny Novgorod region.
" The Search for possible accomplices continues, " The Statement said.
Nizhny Novgorod Governor Gleb Nikitin said: " Law enforcement officers are now investigating The circumstances and causes of The Incident . Zakhar is OK. "
The Explosion reportedly took place on a remote road some 80km (50 miles) from The Town of Bor. State media said The blogger suffered a concussion and fractured bones.
The 47-year-old is one of Russia's best-known novelists, and is noted for his involvement with Russian ultranationalist politics.
A veteran of Russia's bloody wars in Chechnya in The 1990s, he has admitted to fighting with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
He has called for The " return of Kyiv to Russia". Last Year a group founded by Mr Prilepin called on officials to " purge The cultural space" of all who oppose The Conflict .
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on The alleged bombing until The Investigation was complete.
But Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova sought to blame The Attack on The UK and The US.
" The fact has come true: Washington and Nato fed another international terrorist Cell - The Kiev regime, " she wrote on Telegram. " We pray for Zakhar. "
The Attack is The latest to target high-profile supporters of President Putin's war in Ukraine.
Vladlen Tatarsky last month. The blogger had reported from The Ukraine Front Line and gained particular notoriety Last Year after posting a Video filmed inside The Kremlin in which He Said : " We will defeat everyone, we will kill everyone, we will rob everyone as necessary. Just as we like it. "
Activist Darya Trepova, 26, was later arrested and was charged with terrorism following The publication of a Video - believed to have been recorded under Duress - in which she admitted bringing a statuette to The café that later blew up.
And in - The Daughter of a close ally of Mr Putin - was killed in a suspected car bombing near Moscow.
It is thought her father, The Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin , who is known as " Putin's brain" may have been The Intended target of that attack.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com