A RUSSIAN general has been killed in a car bombing attack in Moscow, officials have revealed.
Russia’s Investigative Committee said Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov died on Monday morning after an explosive device fitted in his car exploded in what appears to be a suspected assassination.
Lt-Gen Fanil Sarvarov, 56, was the head of the Department of Operational Training of the Russian armed forces.
The Russian authorities initially indicated the officer was gravely wounded, but later updated to confirm that he had died.
Svetlana Petrenko, official spokesperson for Russia’s Investigative Committee, said investigators are pursuing numerous lines of enquiry regarding the murder.
One of these is that the crime was orchestrated by Ukrainian intelligence services, Petrenko said.
Ukraine has not commented.
Russian news outlets reported that a car exploded in a parking lot on Moscow’s Yaseneva Street with the driver inside at approximately 7am.
The top brass commander was going to work at the Russian defence minister’s office when his Kia Sorento exploded, media outlets report.
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