Russia detains suspect over murder of General Igor Kirillov
Al Jazeera
Investigative Committee says 29-year-old Uzbek national suspected of carrying out Moscow attack on instructions of Ukraine.
Authorities in Russia have arrested a suspect over the killing of a top general and his aide in a bomb blast in Moscow.
The Investigative Committee said in a statement on Wednesday that a national of Uzbekistan had been arrested on suspicion of having committed the attack that killed Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and his assistant Ilya Polikarpov on Tuesday morning.
It added the 29-year-old suspect said he had been “recruited by Ukrainian special forces”.
Kirillov, 54, had been the head of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops since 2017. He was killed outside an apartment building when a bomb hidden in an electric scooter went off.
A source in the Security Service of Ukraine or SBU confirmed to Al Jazeera the agency was behind the attack. Ukraine has yet to officially comment on the incident.
Investigative Committee says 29-year-old Uzbek national suspected of carrying out Moscow attack on instructions of Ukraine.
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