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Overview
- Russia’s Investigative Committee said a device detonated as officers approached a suspicious individual beside a patrol car, killing two police and a third person.
- The blast occurred close to where Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov was attacked on Dec. 22 in southern Moscow.
- Sarvarov, 56, led the General Staff’s operational training directorate and was fatally wounded by an explosive fixed under his Kia Sorento as he left a parking space at 6:55 a.m.
- Forensic details reported by state media described a magnet‑mounted charge of roughly 300 grams TNT equivalent that likely triggered when the driver braked.
- Officials say multiple criminal cases are open and several leads are being pursued, Kyiv has not commented, and the Kremlin said Vladimir Putin was briefed immediately on the general’s killing.