Three people die in an explosion in an area of ​​Moscow where a car bomb killed a general on Monday

Moscow — Three people, including two police officers, were killed in an explosion in Moscow on Wednesday, Russian investigators said, just days after a A car bomb killed a high-ranking general not far away.

The two traffic police officers were approaching a “suspicious individual” when an explosive device detonated, investigative committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko said in a statement. The two officers, as well as another person who was nearby, died from their injuries.

Investigators and forensic experts are working at the scene, Petrenko said.

The incident took place in the same area of ​​the Russian capital where Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov was killed by a car bomb on Monday morning.

Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, died when an explosive device detonated under his vehicle in the south of Moscow.

The researchers said Ukraine He may have been behind the attack, which was the third such killing of a senior military officer in just over a year.

On December 17, 2024, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of the military nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces, was Dies from a bomb hidden in an electric scooter. outside his apartment building. Kirillov’s assistant also died. Ukraine’s security service claimed responsibility for the attack. An Uzbek man was quickly arrested and accused of killing Kirillov on behalf of the Ukrainian security service.

In April. Another senior Russian military officer, Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy head of the main operational department of the General Staff, was He dies from an explosive device placed in his car. parked near his apartment building on the outskirts of Moscow. An alleged perpetrator was quickly arrested.

From Moscow sent troops to Ukraine almost four years agoRussian authorities have blamed Ukraine for several murders of military officers and public figures in Russia. Ukraine has claimed responsibility for some of them.