A senior Russian General Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov has been killed in Moscow following an explosion of a bomb hidden in an electric scooter.
Russia’s Investigative Committee confirmed on Tuesday that the development happened in the early hours of Tuesday.
According to CNN, Kirillov, who led Russia’s Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Protection Troops, was targeted outside an apartment building on Ryazansky Prospekt.
It was gathered that the explosion also claimed the life of Kirillov’s assistant.
Still pictures making the rounds on Russian Telegram channels capturer a shattered building entrance, debris scattered across the ground, and two lifeless bodies.
The footage also revealed a heavy police presence and cordoned-off areas as investigators combed for evidence. A criminal case has been opened into the attack.