a suspect arrested, of Uzbek nationality

The Russian Investigative Committee announced this Wednesday, December 18, the arrest of an Uzbek national, suspected of being involved in the assassination of Russian general Igor Kirillov, who died the day before in Moscow in a bomb attack claimed by kyiv .

“A national of Uzbekistan, born in 1995, was arrested on suspicion of having committed the attack which cost the lives of the commander of the Russian radiological, chemical and biological defense forces, Igor Kirillov, and his assistant Ilia Polikarpov”the committee said in a press release. The suspect claimed to have been “recruited by the Ukrainian special services”according to the same source.

The Ukrainian security services (SBU) claimed responsibility for the assassination on Tuesday. “Today’s bomb attack against Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, commander of the radiological, chemical and biological defense troops of the Russian Armed Forces, is a special operation of the SBU”said this source.

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