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Russian general Igor Kirillov killed in Moscow bomb attack
Multiple news sources report that Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the chief of Russia's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, was killed in a bomb blast in Moscow. According to various sources, including a Ukrainian official and an SBU source, the Ukrainian intelligence agency was responsible for the attack. The sources confirm that a scooter containing explosives was detonated, killing Kirillov. However, it is worth noting that the Russian Investigations Committee has opened a case into the deaths, suggesting that they may be investigating other possible causes. Additionally, Lieutenant General Kirillov was under sanctions from several countries, including the UK and Canada, which may have contributed to the motive behind the attack.
The circumstances of the incident are still being established.
Investigators, forensic experts and operational services are working at the scene.
Investigative and search activities are being carried out to establish all the circumstances around this crime.
The United States was not aware of it in advance and was not involved.
In this instance it appears that the device was concealed within a scooter, most likely using a military grade explosive such as (but not necessarily) Semtex, rather than a home-made explosive.
IEDs can be deliberately constructed so as to appear as an everyday item that would not look out of place.
Residents of the residential complex where the explosive device went off … have been complaining for years about the lack of normal video surveillance. The cameras were not recording what was happening … on those block of flats.
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sources
- 1.CTV News
- 2.Al Jazeera
- 3.The Japan Times
- 4.The Washington Post
- 5.The Guardian
- 6.The New York Times
- 7.The Times of India
- 8.El Paìs
- 9.Daily Sabah
- 10.BBC
- 11.CNN
- 12.Le Monde
perspectives
- 1.Russian Foreign Policy
- 2.Russia-Ukraine War
- 3.Russian Politics
- 4.EU-Russia Relations
- 5.Espionage
- 6.Explosion
- 7.Sabotage
countries
- 1.Canada
- 2.China
- 3.Germany
- 4.Estonia
- 5.France
- 6.United Kingdom
- 7.Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- 8.Russian Federation
- 9.Sweden
- 10.Syrian Arab Republic
- 11.Ukraine
- 12.United States
organizations
- 1.Kremlin
- 2.Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops
- 3.Telegram
- 4.Ukrainian Security Service
- 5.US State Department
- 6.Chemical Weapons Convention
- 7.UN Security Council
- 8.British Foreign Office
- 9.Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
- 10.Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Forces
- 11.White House
- 12.Federal Bureau of Investigation
persons
- 1.Igor Kirillov
- 2.Dmitry Medvedev
- 3.Aleksander Dugin
- 4.Darya Dugina
- 5.Vladlen Tatarsky
- 6.Svetlana Petrenko
- 7.Donald Trump
- 8.Maria Zakharova
- 9.Sergei Yevsyukov
- 10.Vladimir Putin
- 11.Artem Vlasiuk
- 12.Illia Novikov