Bomb kills Russian general
A Russian two-star general serving as deputy operations chief of the general staff has been killed by a car bomb, officials have confirmed.
The incident that claimed the life of Lt.Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik occurred on Friday morning in the suburban Moscow town of Balashikha.
Russia’s Investigative Committee has said the improvised explosive device planted inside the car was packed with metal fragments for additional lethality.
The news agency TASS has reported that investigators estimated the yield of the device as the equivalent of 300 grams of TNT.
The aftermath of the attack was filmed by witnesses. The footage suggests that the vehicle used in the attack, which was parked next to other cars inside a residential area next to a high-rise apartment block, was burned out following the explosion.
Last December, a bombing attack that Russian investigators blamed on Ukrainian special services killed Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, who served as the commander of the Russian Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Defense Forces (RChBZ). He was assassinated alongside an aide as they were coming out of a building in Moscow.
The operation reportedly involved an explosive device hidden inside an electric scooter, which was placed next to the entrance and monitored through a camera set up in a parked car, which allowed the perpetrators to time the remote detonation.
