© Sergey Baturin/SputnikA hole is seen in the bridge's roadway after a recent shelling by Ukrainian Armed Forces in the course of Russia's military operation in Ukraine, in Donetsk, Donetsk People's Republic, Russia.
I have a friend here named Rafi Jabbar, who I served with in 2015 in Vostok Battalion. Rafi earned his DPR and Russian citizenship in combat, where he was known as a brave and expert soldier until he got wounded by a boobytrap in early 2019.
And by "wounded", I mean both his legs were blown off. In 2023, he, like Gonzalo Lira, was arrested in a foreign country on bogus charges, but he was not tortured and he did not die, and in fact, was released in less than a month, on the orders of the very highest levels of the Russian government. Here's Rafi's story - compare and contrast with the horrific fate of Gonzalo Lira, who the latest reports from reliable sources (not yet, but I think soon to be 100% confirmed) was actually extorted for over $250,000 by agents of the SBU,
with the the knowledge and connivance of the vice consul of the US embassy, and when Lira tried to contact a lawyer, was beaten and tortured to death in his jail cell.)
Comment: Interestingly, early reports of the mall attack claimed it might be terror-related, however, relatively quickly, police assured people that there was no reason to believe that it was. What was acknowledged is that the criminal was known to the authorities.
Overall, it seems possible that this attack may be more along the lines of some kind of copycat attack. One is reminded of the two shootings in Serbia in May 2023.
It is, however, notable that the victim was known to have been outspoken against the establishment agenda, and one wonders whether this criminal, like the mall attacker, was also 'known to the authorities': Sydney mall knife attack: 6 dead, several wounded, incl. baby, perpetrator was known to authorities
UPDATE: Footage of the bishop's other talks are emerging online: