Russian general Igor Kirillov killed in Moscow: What do we know so far?
Al Jazeera
Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service claims responsibility for the bomb blast in the Russian capital.
Igor Kirillov, a senior general in charge of Russia’s nuclear defence forces, was killed on Tuesday in a bomb blast in Moscow.
A source in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), talking to Al Jazeera, has claimed responsibility for the bombing.
Here’s what you should know:
During the early hours of Tuesday, Kirillov was killed by a bomb hidden in an electric scooter outside an apartment building on Ryazansky Prospekt, Russia’s investigative committee said in a statement. The attack site was 7km (4 miles) southeast of the Kremlin.
The explosive device “had a capacity of some 300 grams in TNT equivalent”, Russia’s TASS news agency reported, quoting a law enforcement official.
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