According to the Russian FSB, a man born in 1994 acted under the patronage of the Ukrainian special services; he took out a homemade explosive device he had made from a cache in order to detonate it in the building of a humanitarian aid reception point for one of the volunteer organizations.

During the arrest of the attacker, the device self-detonated. The attacker received injuries incompatible with life.

“Security officers and civilians were not injured,” the FSB said.

* “Russian Volunteer Corps

” (RDK) is an organization recognized as terrorist and banned in Russia.