Two people were killed in an explosion on Tuesday morning near a residential building in the southeast of Moscow, the Russian capital’s Investigative Committee announced in a statement.
“A criminal investigation was opened due to the incident which took place on Ryazansky Avenue in Moscow and following which two men were killed,” the committee said, without further details.
The commander of the Russian radiological, chemical and biological defense forces, Igor Kirillov, and his deputy were killed following the explosion.
A homemade device placed on an electric scooter parked near the building was the cause of the explosion, according to the same source.
“The circumstances of the incident are being established,” added the investigative committee.
