Russian general killed in Moscow-area car bombing, investigators say

A Russian general was killed Friday in a car bombing outside of Moscow, according to Russia’s top criminal investigation agency.

The Investigative Committee said that Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of the main operational department in the General Staff of the Russian armed forces, was killed by an explosive device placed in his car in Balashikha.

A woman walks along a street in Balashikha, a city outside Moscow, Russia, in September 2022. (Reuters/Evgenia Novozhenina)

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.