An explosive device planted close to an apartment block in Moscow killed the head of Russia's Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defence Forces, Russia's Investigative Committee said.
An explosive device planted close to an apartment block in Moscow killed the head of Russia's Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defence Forces, Russia's Investigative Committee said.The Associated Press
Maj. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the chief of the Russian military's radiation, chemical and biological protection unit, attends a briefing in Kubinka Patriot park, outside Moscow, Russia, on June 22, 2018.MOSCOW — An explosive device planted close to a residential apartment block in Moscow killed the head of Russia's Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defence Forces, Lt. General Igor Kirillov, early Tuesday, Russia's Investigative Committee said.
Kirillov's assistant also died in the blast, triggered by the device which was placed in a scooter, officials said. Russian investigators have opened a case into the two deaths, according to the committee's spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko. "Investigators, forensic experts and operational services are working at the scene," she said in a statement."Investigative and search activities are being carried out to establish all the circumstances around this crime."Ukraine's Security Services on Dec.
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