Uzbek suspect held in high-profile Moscow general's murder
Russian authorities have detained a suspect in the murder of General Igor Kirillov. The 29-year-old from Uzbekistan reportedly acted on behalf of the Ukrainian Security Services.
6:01 AM EST, December 18, 2024
Many pieces of information provided by Russian media or officials are elements of propaganda. Such reports are part of the information war conducted by the Russian Federation.
Russian security services have reported the detention of a 29-year-old Uzbek citizen in connection with the murder of General Igor Kirillov and his assistant in Moscow.
A "Kommersant" source stated that the suspects' trail was identified at the crime scene, where surveillance cameras recorded several suspicious cars.
The murder of Kirillov
Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of the Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical (NBC) Defense Forces, was killed on Tuesday morning when a remotely detonated device hidden in a scooter exploded outside a residential building.
According to Russian security services, the suspect was recruited by Ukrainian intelligence. A Ukrainian source confirmed in a conversation with the BBC that Ukrainian security services organized the murder.
Source: BBC, Kommersant, WP Wiadomości
