{"id":39399,"date":"2024-12-17T21:44:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T21:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/head-of-russian-nuclear-protection-forces-killed-in-moscow-explosion"},"modified":"2024-12-17T22:16:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T22:16:47","slug":"head-of-russian-nuclear-protection-forces-killed-in-moscow-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/head-of-russian-nuclear-protection-forces-killed-in-moscow-explosion","title":{"rendered":"Head of Russian nuclear protection forces killed in Moscow explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, chief of Russia&#8217;s Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Defense Troops, and his assistant were killed in an explosion in Moscow on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The blast was caused by an explosive device planted in an electric scooter, Svetlana Petrenko, spokesperson for the Russian Investigative Committee, said in a video statement on Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>Kirillov&#8217;s death came a day after Ukraine&#8217;s State Security Service (SBU) charged him for allegedly ordering the &#8220;use of chemical weapons against Ukraine&#8217;s Defense Forces.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;According to the investigation&#8230; an explosive device was detonated on Ryazansky Prospekt in Moscow, which was planted in a scooter parked next to the entrance of a residential building,\u201d Petrenko said.<\/p>\n<p>She added that the committee has launched a criminal probe into the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Petrenko later reported that the investigation had been placed under the category of a &#8220;terrorist attack.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, multiple Ukrainian media outlets, including state news agency Ukrinform, citing sources, reported that Kirillov&#8217;s death came as the result of a &#8220;special operation&#8221; by the SBU.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ukrainian authorities have not officially commented on the incident.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Eritrea<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, chief of Russia&#8217;s Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Defense Troops, and his assistant were killed in an explosion in Moscow on Tuesday. 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