Two teenagers arrested on suspicion of planning a car bomb attack in Moscow. A man was killed in a separate car explosion in a nearby suburb.
Key facts
- •Two teenagers arrested on suspicion of planning a car bomb attack in Moscow
- •A controlled detonation was carried out in southwestern Moscow after an explosive device was found
- •The teenagers were charged with attempted murder and the illegal manufacture and storage of explosives
- •A man was killed in a separate car explosion in the suburb of Balashikha earlier in the day
- •The Investigative Committee is working to identify any potential accomplices
- •The M.F. Stelmakh Polyus research institute was reportedly the target of the planned attack
Moscow police have arrested two teenagers on suspicion of planning a car bomb attack. The arrests were made after a controlled detonation was carried out in southwestern Moscow, where an explosive device was found underneath a vehicle.
Arrests and Charges
The teenagers, a boy and a girl, were charged with attempted murder and the illegal manufacture and storage of explosives. Investigators claim the girl retrieved an explosive device from a hidden cache and handed it over to the boy, who then placed it and a GPS tracker onto the targeted vehicle.
Investigation
The Investigative Committee is working to identify any potential accomplices and checking whether the boy and girl were involved in other similar crimes. The controlled detonation was carried out after the explosive device was found underneath a vehicle belonging to an employee of a scientific-industrial enterprise, reportedly the M.F. Stelmakh Polyus research institute.
This article was independently rewritten by ManyPress editorial AI from reporting originally published by The Moscow Times.
