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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days agoThree killed in Moscow car explosion, say Russian authorities
Two traffic police officers and a third person were killed in a Moscow car explosion near where Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov was earlier killed.
A senior Russian general has been "assassinated" in car bomb in Moscow on Monday morning. Lt General Fanil Sarvarov, the head of the operational training directorate of Russia 's armed forces was one of Vladimir Putin's senior officials died from injuries sustained in the successful car bomb attack. An explosive device exploded from underneath his car as he was travelling to work, Russia's Investigative Committee said.