Suspect in killing of top Russian general sent to pre-trial detention for two months, court says

Reuters

Updated 19 December 2024 at 12:56 pm·1-min read

A view shows a scene of an explosion, which reportedly killed two army officers, in Moscow

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A court in Moscow on Thursday ordered the suspect in the killing of top Russian general Igor Kirillov to be sent to pre-trial detention for a period of two months, the court said on its Telegram channel.

The suspect, a native of Uzbekistan, was charged with an act of terrorism resulting in the death of a person, a notice on the court website said.

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

(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Lucy Papachristou; Editing by Mark Trevelyan and Alex Richardson)

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