General Kirillov and his aide were killed in a bomb explosion in Moscow
The authorities have detained a suspect in connection with the assassination of Russian General Igor Kirillov, the Investigative Committee of Russia reported on Wednesday. The tragic incident occurred early on December 17 when Kirillov, 54, and his assistant, Ilya Polikarpov, were killed in a blast outside their apartment building in Moscow.
According to investigators, the arrested individual is a citizen of Uzbekistan who was born in 1995. A report indicates that he was recruited by Ukrainian intelligence and traveled to Moscow to carry out the attack. The suspect received a homemade explosive device, which he placed on an electric scooter parked near the general’s residence, investigators claim. To monitor the area, he rented a car equipped with a surveillance camera, transmitting live footage back to the organizers in Dnepr, Ukraine.
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