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2024-07-25 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
SUV with people inside explodes in northern Moscow
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] A Toyota Land Cruiser SUV exploded in the north of Moscow, injuring the driver and a woman. This was reported on July 24 by the Telegram channel "112".



"At that moment, 49-year-old Andrey T. was in the car. His limbs were torn off. Preliminary, the explosion in the parking lot on Sinyavinskaya Street occurred when the man got into the car. In addition to him, a woman was hospitalized with lacerations to her face," the report says.

It is specified that at the moment representatives of law enforcement agencies are working at the scene of the incident. The explosion blew out windows on several floors of a multi-story residential building and damaged nearby cars.

According to preliminary information, there was no gas equipment installed in the car, however, it is possible that the explosion could have been caused by an explosive device. Law enforcement officers are checking all versions of the incident.

More from regnum.ru
Suspect in car bombing in northern Moscow detained in Turkey
The suspect in the car bombing in northern Moscow has been detained in the Turkish province of Mugla.
An interesting choice of refuge…
This was reported by Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya on the social network X.

"Today at 10:30 a.m., representatives of the Russian division of Interpol called the headquarters of our Europol department and reported that a person named Evgeny Serebryakov,
…that doesn’t look like a Moslem name, but what do I know…
a Russian citizen, committed a terrorist attack using a car packed with explosives in Moscow, two people were injured as a result of the terrorist attack," he wrote.

The minister said that the man had arrived in Turkey on a Moscow-Bodrum flight. Turkish intelligence, Europol, the Anti-Terrorism Directorate and the Mugla Provincial Police Department were involved in his arrest.

As previously reported by the Regnum news agency, FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov reported that the suspect in the car bombing in northern Moscow had fled to Turkey. He said that the FSB was working with Turkish colleagues to capture and extradite the criminal.

On the morning of July 24, a Toyota car exploded in a parking lot on Sinyavinskaya Street in Moscow. The man behind the wheel received leg injuries, the woman received lacerations to her face. They were hospitalized.

Investigators have identified the suspect and the car he used to get to the crime scene. The Investigative Committee did not provide more detailed information. A criminal case has been opened.

Even more from regnum.ru
General Staff Colonel Injured in Moscow Car Blowup
The victim of the explosion of a Toyota Land Cruiser SUV in the north of Moscow was preliminarily identified as a General Staff colonel, Interfax reported on July 24.

According to the publication, the car is owned by a colonel of the Russian Armed Forces, the head of one of the General Staff units. This information has not been officially confirmed.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, on the morning of July 24, a car was blown up in the north of Moscow, as a result of which the driver of the car and a woman who was also there were injured. The explosion tore off the man's limbs, and the woman received lacerations to her face.

Initially, the media reported that the car belonged to a member of the SVO. Later, the Telegram channel "112" reported that the wounded person was an active 49-year-old military man Andrey T.

According to RBC sources, the person in question was Andrei Torgashov. The Baza Telegram channel indicated that this was the name of the deputy head of the satellite communications radio center. However, the man himself later stated that he had nothing to do with the blown-up car, and that he himself was not injured.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has opened a criminal case into the car bombing. The Russian Interior Ministry said the explosion was caused by the detonation of an explosive device.

Posted by badanov 2024-07-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ]  Top

#1 Classic car bomb, wired to the ignition.
(This is why you want to have remote start. That and the A/C and heat.)
Posted by ed in texas 2024-07-25 08:54||   2024-07-25 08:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Was it electric?
Posted by Skidmark 2024-07-25 11:36||   2024-07-25 11:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Because it fail, can we at least suspect the CIA?
Posted by Procopius2k 2024-07-25 14:01||   2024-07-25 14:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Because it fail, can we at least suspect the CIA?

Heh. It was so long ago that I forget the source, but after a failed attempt to kill Indonesian President Sukarno with a bomb under his chair, someone snarked that it appears to be a CIA operation in that everyone in the room was killed except for the target.
Posted by SteveS 2024-07-25 23:22||   2024-07-25 23:22|| Front Page Top

#5 An Agency shmendrik. His shtick
Was to haplessly trip on his [hic].
And intelligent? Not!
Sure, and nobody got
That he'd nicked the old master's best trick.
Posted by Pancho Poodle8452 2024-07-25 23:51||   2024-07-25 23:51|| Front Page Top

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