Suspect in killing of top Russian general charged with terrorism, court says

FILE PHOTO: Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, chief of Russia's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, attends a plenary session of the State Duma, in Moscow
FILE PHOTO: Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, chief of Russia's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, delivers a speech during a plenary session of the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, in Moscow, Russia April 11, 2023. Russian State Duma/Handout via REUTERS
Source: Handout

The suspect in the killing of top Russian general Igor Kirillov has been charged with an act of terrorism resulting in the death of a person, a notice on the website of the Moscow court said on Thursday.

Russia said on Wednesday it had detained an Uzbek man who had confessed to planting and detonating a bomb in Moscow which killed Kirillov, who was the chief of Russia's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, on the instructions of Ukraine's SBU security service.

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