A car bomb in southern Moscow has killed a senior Russian general, investigators have said in a statement.

Russia’s Investigative Committee reported on Monday that it had opened a probe into the “murder” of Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, head of the training department within the General Staff.

The general was killed when an explosive device detonated underneath his car in the south of the Russian capital, the investigators, responsible for examining major crimes, said.

Russian news outlets reported that a car exploded in a parking lot on Yaseneva Street, with the driver inside, at approximately 7 a.m. Moscow time (04:00 GMT).

“Investigators are pursuing numerous lines of enquiry regarding the murder. One of these is that the crime was orchestrated by Ukrainian intelligence services,” Svetlana Petrenko, spokesperson for the committee, said.

Ukraine claimed responsibility for a similar attack in December 2024. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the chief of the military’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces, was killed by a bomb hidden on an electric scooter outside his apartment building.

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