INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Two suspects have been detained in Riga following a grenade attack at a bar where journalists from the BBC Russian service had gathered,
a targeted intimidation effort against the journalists.An unidentified man threw an RGD-5 training grenade into ??, a popular bar for
Russian exiles in downtown Riga, at around 11 p.m
witnesses told The Moscow Times.While no serious injuries were reported, some of the journalists present said they were stunned by the
explosion."We heard a sound like a dozen light bulbs exploding at once, it was deafening..
Now my condition is returning to normal," one of the journalists who was at the bar told The Moscow Times."I felt very frightened and my
I haven't felt so much adrenaline in a long time," a female reporter told The Moscow Times on condition of anonymity because she was not
Many independent journalists, as well as the Russian bureaus of the BBC, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Deutsche Welle and others, are now
based there.Latvian police arrived at the bar in Riga shortly after the grenade explosion to collect eyewitness testimonies.Later on Sunday
independent news website Novaya Gazeta Europa reported.BBC Russian journalist Olesya Gerasimenko wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that she did
