Regional legislative deputy in Russia, Oksana Bobrovskaya,
30, died alongside her former military special services
husband Nikita as a result of an explosion in their family
Toyota RAV-4. The couple had a four year daughter who
was not in the car, and is safe, but is now an orphan
Witnesses said the mangled bodies were in the backseat of
their car after the 10.50 pm explosion on Thursday, and that
both were partially undressed when they were removed from
the vehicle.
It was suggested that the couple may have been making
out in their parked car close to her workplace when the
explosion occurred, but police were discounting this theory.
A law enforcement source said that judging by the severity
of their injuries, Nikita himself may have unleashed the
explosive, allegedly a grenade.
Other accounts suggested the explosives could have been
planted inside or under the vehicle. There is no official
confirmation of these versions. However, Nikita who was
jobless had accused his wife of cheating, according to local
reports which could not be verified.
It was also claimed that their relationship had become
strained since the wife became the sole breadwinner. She
worked as a lawmaker and also as a deputy general director
of Diskus Plus company, one of Novosibirsk city's largest
construction firms.
The car was parked close to the company's office when the
couple were killed.
A source told one newspaper:
'There is a version that he held in his hands a kind of
grenade, or a piece of TNT,' . The couple 'had a
conflict' during which 'the explosives detonated, their
faces are disfigured', it was claimed before police
had a chance to make a forensic analysis of the
vehicle or interview the couple's friends and
colleagues.
Neighbours who rushed to the scene said that when the
bodies were removed, both the deputy and her husband
were naked below the waist.
Vitaly Latypov, head of the investigation department of
Oktyabrsky district, said a 'common grenade' caused the
explosion. It 'broke all windows except the windshield, which
was only slightly damaged'.
Another version studied by investigators is that the deputy's
husband was the sole intended victim. 'We are checking all
the versions, including this,' said a law enforcement source
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