Explosive device detonates in Moscow, killing police officer and man who carried it
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- An explosive device detonated near a Moscow police vehicle early Tuesday, killing a police officer and the assailant while injuring two other officers.
- Putin said the 22-year-old attacker was recruited online and unknowingly given the explosive, which was detonated remotely, according to investigative officials.
MOSCOW — An unidentified assailant and a police officer were killed when an explosive device detonated next to a patrol vehicle in Moscow early Tuesday, officials said.
The attack happened minutes after midnight near the Savyolovsky railway station in the Russian capital’s downtown, according to Moscow’s branch of the Interior Ministry. It said the assailant approached a traffic police vehicle with an explosive device that detonated, killing an officer on the spot and injuring two others, who were hospitalized.
Russia’s top investigative agency later said the assailant was a 22-year-old man from Russia’s Udmurt Republic, more than 1,100 kilometers east of Moscow. It said a probe was ongoing into the motives behind the attack.
Speaking at a meeting with top officials from Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the man had been recruited online and given the explosive device unknowingly. It was then detonated remotely, he said.
The attack came four years after Russia sent troops into Ukraine.
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