Investigators gather forensic evidence, review security footage while exploring foreign involvement in the attack
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\nA Russian general was killed by a car bomb in southern Moscow on Monday, Russian investigators said, adding that they suspected Ukrainian special services could have been behind the attack.
\nThe bomb exploded under the Kia Sorento car driven by Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Russian General Staff\u2019s army operational training directorate, as he left a parking space at 06.55am Moscow time (0355 GMT).
\nRussia\u2019s State Investigative Committee said Sarvarov had died from his injuries. It published a video of the wrecked vehicle, with blood visible on the driver\u2019s seat and one of the doors blown off.
\nSvetlana Petrenko, a spokesperson for the committee, said investigators were gathering forensic evidence, questioning witnesses and reviewing security camera footage.
\n\u201cVarious versions for the killing are being examined, one of which involves the possible role of Ukrainian intelligence services in organising the crime,\u201d she said.
\nThere was no official comment from Ukraine.
\nMyrotvorets, an unofficial Ukrainian website that provides a database of people described as war criminals or traitors, updated its entry on Sarvarov to say the 56-year-old had been \u201cliquidated\u201d.
\nA string of Russian military figures and high-profile supporters of Moscow\u2019s war in Ukraine have been assassinated during the nearly four-year-old conflict, and Ukrainian military intelligence has said it was responsible for a number of the attacks.
\nAmong those killed in previous car bombings in or near Moscow were a senior member of the General Staff, the chief of Russia\u2019s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops and the daughter of a prominent Russian nationalist figure. Interfax news agency quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying President Vladimir Putin had been instantly informed of the attack on Sarvarov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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