Monday 17 March 2025 11:20 GMT

Prigozhin: Shipment containing head of Russian injured in Africa is anticipated


(MENAFN) According to Russian entrepreneur Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian official stationed in the Central African Republic (CAR) who was hurt on Friday neglected safety procedures because he thought persons threatening his family would send him his son's head in a box.

Dmitry Sytyy, who runs the local section of the Russian Foreign Ministry's network of cultural institutes, was brought to the hospital after a package bomb apparently exploded in his hands. The event was originally reported by a Russian officers' group, which claims to be training Central African forces under a contract negotiated by Moscow. Prigozhin is associated with the 'Wagner group,' a private military corporation he claims he founded in 2014 to further Russian interests.

Based on the merchant, Sytnyy got a message from Togo, which, like CAR, is a former French territory, in November. The message featured a photo of the man's son, who resides in France, as well as a threat to deliver his severed head “unless the Russians leave the African continent and open the doors to the French”, Prigozhin alleged in a statement released by his company's press office, Concord.

“Today he received a parcel. Despite all safety instructions, Dmitry Sytyy opened it in a state of anguish, thinking that it contained his son’s head. An explosion followed,” the businessman stated.

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