A top Russian general has been killed in a car bomb attack in Moscow this morning, Kremlin officials have said.
Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov was pronounced dead after an explosive device was planted under a vehicle in the Russian capital.
Mr Sarvarov, who was serving as head of the armed forces’ operational training department, reportedly suffered “multiple shrapnel injuries” and a “fractured facial bone”.
The car bomb explosion, which ripped through his Kia Sorento, occurred in a car park near an apartment building as Mr Sarvarov prepared for his commute to work.
Witnesses said emergency services rushed to assist Mr Sarvarov in the Yasenevo district of Moscow.
Extensive efforts were made to free the high-ranking general from his vehicle.
Vladimir Putin’s investigators are now exploring a theory that Ukrainian intelligence services were involved in the attack.
Svetlana Petrenko, the official spokeswoman for Russia’s Investigative Committee, said: “Investigators are pursuing numerous lines of enquiry regarding the murder.
“One of these is that the crime was orchestrated by Ukrainian intelligence services.”
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