Bomb kills Russian general in charge of nuclear forces in Moscow: reports
Moscow: A bomb has killed a senior Russian general in charge of nuclear protection forces and another man, possibly an associate, in Moscow on Tuesday, the RT state media group said, citing an unidentified law enforcement source.
Russian media said the that Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who is chief of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, had been killed on Ryazansky Prospekt, a road that starts some 7 kilometres south-east of the Kremlin.
Russian Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov has been killed, according to RT.Credit: Russia Defence Ministry/AP
His death was also reported on Russian news Telegram channels but there was no official confirmation of the killing.
TASS state news agency said two people were killed in an explosion on Moscow’s Ryazansky Prospekt.
A criminal investigation was opened in connection with the death of two men on Ryazansky Prospekt, Russia’s RIA state news agency reported, citing Moscow investigators.
Investigators and forensic experts were working at the scene together with employees of other emergency services, TASS agency reported.
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