US EditionExplosion in Moscow Kills Police Officer After Attacker Detonates Bomb
The explosion at a major Moscow railway hub killed one officer and injured two others, prompting a criminal investigation into attempted murder and illegal explosives possession.
- At about 12:05 a.m., an unidentified assailant detonated a device beside a patrol vehicle near Savyolovsky Railway Station, killing himself and one officer, injuring two others.
- Marking the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the blast followed a recent string of attacks on security figures including Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev, wounded earlier this month, and Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, killed by a car bomb in December.
- Investigators opened criminal cases and launched a probe into the blast as Russia's Investigative Committee charged attempted murder and illegal explosives possession while reviewing surveillance footage; TASS and local media images showed a damaged patrol car, with ambulances and police cordoning the area.
- The Ministry of Internal Affairs identified the slain officer as Police Lieutenant Denis Bratuschenko, 34, a senior traffic inspector who joined in 2019 and is survived by his wife and two children, with condolences expressed by spokesperson Irina Volk.
- With no motive yet established, authorities say inquiries are ongoing and the Ministry of Internal Affairs confirmed `At present, a set of operational search measures is being carried out to establish all the circumstances`.
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One policeman was killed and two others wounded in Moscow on the night of Monday to Tuesday by "the explosion of an unidentified device" triggered by "a criminal" who also died, said the local branch of the Ministry of the Interior.
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An unidentified assailant detonated an explosive device near a police vehicle in downtown Moscow early Tuesday, killing himself and one officer while injuring two others, in an attack that occurred on the fourth anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine
A bomb exploded next to a police patrol vehicle in central Moscow on Tuesday night, killing the attacker and a police officer and wounding two police officers.
A massive explosion occurred outside Moscow's Savyolovsky railway station on the fourth anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war. Two people were killed and two policemen were injured. A CCTV investigation is underway, and a statement from Zelenskyy has also surfaced.
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