Russia detains suspect in assassination of general sanctioned for chemical weapons use
A man has been arrested in connection with the assassination of the head of Russia‘s chemical, radiological and biological weapons unit, Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov.
MOSCOW — A man has been arrested in connection with the assassination of the head of Russia's chemical, radiological and biological weapons unit, Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, authorities in the country said Wednesday.
“During the interrogation, he explained that he was recruited by the Ukrainian special services,” Svetlana Petrenko, a spokesperson for Russia’s Investigative Committee, said in a statement.
“On their instructions, he arrived in Moscow and received a homemade explosive device. He placed it on an electric scooter, which he parked at the entrance to the residential building where Igor Kirillov lived,” she added.
Tuesday's assassination was the latest in a long line of acts of sabotage and covert killings to hit Russia as its war in Ukraine grinds on.
At the site of the explosion Wednesday, bent metal and bricks had been blown from the walls, and blood remained in the snow. As people and cars passed by on the busy street where Kirillov lived, some left red roses.
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