The cause of the explosion in Moscow was an explosive device planted in a scooter

The cause of the explosion in Moscow on Ryazansky Avenue, which killed the head of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Troops of the Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and his assistant, was an explosive device planted in a scooter. About it on Tuesday, December 17, reported in the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

"According to investigators, in the morning of December 17 on Ryazansky Avenue in Moscow was detonated an explosive device planted in a scooter standing next to the entrance of a residential building," - quotes Telegram-channel of the Department of the official representative of the IC of Russia Svetlana Petrenko.

It is noted that investigators, criminalists and operational services are working at the scene of the incident.

The death of Igor Kirillov and his assistant became known earlier in the day. The explosion of an explosive device occurred near a seven-story apartment building on Ryazansky Avenue in Moscow. On the fact of what happened, a criminal case was initiated. "Izvestia" showed footage from the scene. which shows that the scene of the incident is cordoned off.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted Kirillov's fearlessness in exposing Anglo-Saxon crimes. The diplomat noted that the head of the radiation, chemical and biological defense troops of the Russian Armed Forces worked fearlessly and never hid behind the backs of others.