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Russia's security service detain suspect in the killing of a senior general in Moscow
Investigators stand at the site where Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia's Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defense Forces, and his assistant, Ilya Polikarpov, were killed by an explosive device planted close to a residential apartment's block in Moscow, Russia, December 17, 2024
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RUSSIA'S security service said today that it has detained a suspect in the killing of a senior general in Moscow.
The suspect was described as an Uzbek citizen recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services.
Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov was killed on Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his block of flats in Moscow, a day after Ukraine’s security service levelled criminal charges against him. His assistant also died in the attack. A Ukrainian official said the service carried out the attack.
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