In brief
A tragic incident occurred in Moscow where an explosion killed two police officers and another individual. The officers were approaching a suspicious person when the device was detonated. This explosion follows the recent assassination of a senior general in the city, raising questions about a possible link between the two events. Investigations are underway as authorities seek to determine the circumstances surrounding these attacks.
Three people - including two police officers - have been killed in an explosion in Moscow, Russian authorities have said.
Two traffic police officers saw a suspicious individual near a police car on the city's Yeletskaya Street, and when they approached the suspect to detain him, an explosive device was detonated, Russia's Investigative Committee has said.
The two police officers died from their injuries, along with another individual who was standing nearby.
The blast took place close to the location where a senior Russian general was killed in a car bombing in the capital on Monday.
Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov died after an explosive device - which had been planted under a car - was detonated.
Investigate Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said in a statement on Telegram that a criminal case was being investigated in Moscow regarding an attempt on the lives of traffic police officers.
The officers have been named by Russian media as Ilya Klimanov, 24, and Maxim Gorbunov, 25.
Speaking to the Reuters news agency, Alexander, a resident who lives close by, said: There was an explosion. It was loud bang - like with the car a few days ago.
Russia said it suspected Ukraine was behind Monday's explosion, however, Ukraine has not said whether it was involved in Fanil Sarvarov's death.
It is also not known whether the two explosions are linked.
Sarvarov, 56, was the head of the armed forces' operational training department. He was the third military official to have been killed in bomb attacks in the Russian capital over the last year.
