Russia detained the citizen of Uzbekistan who killed a high-ranking general in Moscow

The Russian security service said on Wednesday that it has detained a suspect in the murder of a high-ranking general in Moscow.

The suspect is reportedly an Uzbek citizen recruited by Ukrainian special services.

Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, did not release the suspect’s name, but said he was born in 1995.

Lieutenant General. Igor Kirillov was killed by a bomb hidden on a scooter outside his Moscow building on Tuesday, a day after Ukrainian security services filed criminal charges against him. His assistant was also killed during the attack. The Ukrainian official said that the attack was carried out by the service.

The FSB said that the suspect was promised a reward of 100,000 US dollars and permission to move to one of the countries of the European Union in exchange for killing Kirillov.

WATCH | Kirillov has been subject to sanctions from many countries, including Canada:

An explosion occurred in Moscow, a Russian general died

Russia has vowed revenge after the early morning killing of a top general in a residential area of ​​Moscow. The intelligence service of Ukraine claimed responsibility.

The agency said that the suspect went to Moscow on instructions from Ukraine and took an improvised explosive device from there. Later, he put the device on an electric scooter and parked it at the entrance of the apartment building where Kirillov lives.

The explosion was broadcast live

The suspect then rented a car to monitor the location and installed a camera that broadcast live footage from the scene to his handlers in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro. As soon as Kirillov was seen leaving the building, the suspect detonated the bomb.

According to the statement of the FSB, the suspect faces a “life sentence”.

Kirillov, 54, was the head of the military’s nuclear, biological and chemical weapons defense force and has been sanctioned by a number of countries, including Britain and Canada, over his actions in Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine. On Monday, the Security Service of Ukraine, or SBU, opened a criminal case against him, accusing him of directing the use of banned chemical weapons.

Russia has denied using any chemical weapons in Ukraine, and in turn has accused Kiev of using toxic agents in the fighting.

Kirillov, who began his current job in 2017, was one of the most high-profile individuals to raise the allegations. He has held numerous briefings to accuse Ukraine’s military of using poison and carrying out radioactive attacks – claims that Ukraine and its Western allies have dismissed as propaganda.

According to Russian news, the bomb used in Tuesday’s attack was detonated remotely. Footage from the scene showed broken windows and burnt brickwork.

Russia’s top state investigative agency said it was investigating Kirillov’s death as a terrorist attack, and Moscow officials vowed to punish Ukraine.