The bomber of the traffic police car in Moscow acted on the orders of the Ukrainian special services

The man who blew up a traffic police car in Moscow was acting on the orders of the Ukrainian special services. This was announced on February 24 by a source of Izvestia.

In addition, the source also said that the bomber's identity had been established — he turned out to be a Russian citizen. The attacker died at the scene of the tragedy.

On the same day, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reported that the cause of the explosion near the traffic police car in Moscow was the suicide bombing of a criminal.

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The death toll from the incident has increased to 12 people.

The press service of the Russian Interior Ministry reported that an explosion occurred in a traffic police car in the northeast of Moscow on February 24. According to preliminary information, one person was killed.

The ministry clarified that the car that blew up the traffic police in Moscow had previously died at the scene. It was reported that the investigative task force is conducting an inspection of the scene and analyzing video footage.

Later, Izvestia correspondent Elena Khmura said that a sapper robot was checking a traffic police official car parked next to the car damaged in the explosion. It was clarified that the windows in the vehicle were broken, the roof was deformed, and the airbags were activated.

Irina Volk, the official representative of the Russian Interior Ministry, said that the families of those killed in the car explosion in the capital, as well as the victims, will receive the necessary assistance.

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