Suspected killer of Russian general Kirillov arrested - Moscow

Russi investigative committee says 29 year old Uzbek man confessed to planting and denoting the bomb.

Russia has said it detained an Uzbek man who confessed to planting and detonating a bomb which killed top Russian general Igor Kirillov.

Kirillov, who was chief of Russia’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection troops, was killed outside his apartment building on Tuesday along with his assistant when a bomb hidden in an electric scooter went off.

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