A 29-year-old Uzbek citizen has been detained for allegedly planting the bomb that killed senior Russian general and his assistant, the Russian Investigative Committee said Wednesday.

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Russian authorities said Wednesday that a suspect has been detained in connection with Tuesday's explosion in Moscow that killed a top Kremlin general and his aide.

By Chris Summers Contributing Writer An Uzbekistan national who allegedly planted a scooter bomb that killed Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov has been arrested in Moscow, says the Russian investigative committee.

The Russian prosecutor’s office said the suspect, a 29-year-old citizen of Uzbekistan, confessed to planting the bomb on the orders of Ukrainian agents.

By bne IntelliNews The Embassy of Uzbekistan in Moscow on December 18 commented on the situation following the detention of a 29-year-old Uzbek national over the scooter-bomb assassination of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov,

Russia’s security service says it has detained a citizen from Uzbekistan in the bombing that killed a senior general as he left his Moscow apartment — a bold assassination that was claimed by Ukraine’

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A senior Russian general was killed in a bomb blast in a residential neighborhood in Moscow, Russian media reported early Tuesday.

Russian authorities claim the detainee was promised $158,000 and safe passage to a European country if he helped kill Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov.

Russia said on Wednesday it had detained a man from Uzbekistan over the killing of a senior Russian general and his assistant in Moscow a day earlier. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, who headed Russia’s ...

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