One police officer killed and two others injured in a bomb attack in central Moscow
A man has thrown an explosive device at a patrol car.
BarcelonaA police officer was killed and two others were wounded in an attack with an explosive device next to a police patrol car in central Moscow, according to the Interior Ministry. The explosion occurred shortly after midnight in the square in front of Saviolovsky Railway Station, one of the capital's main rail hubs. The attack coincides with the fourth anniversary of Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine, but it is unclear whether the two events are related. The attacker reportedly approached the traffic police officers inside a patrol car and then detonated the device, according to the statement, which added that the perpetrator died at the scene. Russian media have published images of a police car with shattered windows near the train tracks. Authorities have not released further details about the explosive or the motive for the attack. Russia's Investigative Committee, which handles serious crimes, opened a case for the attempted murder of a law enforcement officer and for illegal possession of explosive devices. In December 2025, two police officers were killed in an explosion south of Moscow while attempting to arrest a suspect near his vehicle, close to the site where a Russian general had been assassinated days earlier. Over the past four years, coinciding with Moscow's war against Ukraine, several Russian military officials have been killed on Russian soil. Earlier that month, a senior Russian military intelligence official was shot and wounded in an attack that Moscow attributed to Kyiv.
