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Car Bomb Kills Military Officer in St. Petersburg
The Moscow Times • • world
Key Points:
- A Russian military official, identified locally as Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Sechkov, was killed in a car explosion near a supermarket in the Shushary neighborhood of St. Petersburg.
- Investigators described the incident as a "vehicle fire" and confirmed the official's death while his wife, also in the car, is receiving medical treatment.
- Russia's Investigation Committee has launched a criminal probe into the incident, amid ongoing accusations by Russia that Ukraine is behind several assassinations of Russian military officers.
- Reports suggest a 24-year-old woman allegedly recruited by Ukrainian handlers planted the bomb and fled to Moldova via Turkey shortly before the explosion.
- Russian authorities have not officially identified the victim 24 hours after the blast, while Ukrainian officials have not commented on the incident.
