A dramatic car bomb explosion in northern Moscow injured a Russian military intelligence officer and his wife, leaving the officer severely wounded. Footage shows the blast ripping through their vehicle shortly after they entered it. The suspect, believed to be linked to Ukrainian special services, was arrested in Turkey after fleeing Russia. This incident adds to the series of bomb attacks on Russian soil since the invasion of Ukraine, heightening the intrigue and tension surrounding these violent acts.
On Wednesday, a Russian military intelligence officer was hurt in a car bomb explosion in northern Moscow.
According to Russia’s Interior Ministry, a criminal case has been initiated after an explosion resulting from the detonation of an unknown device injured two people.
Watch the video below:
The explosion injured a man and his wife, the TASS state news agency reported. According to the agency, the explosion caused damage to five other cars and severed the man’s foot.
Shortly after the police and an unnamed woman got inside the Toyota Land Cruiser, footage released by Russian media showed an explosion tearing through the car.
What Information Do We Have About the Injured?
One of the top Russian tabloids, Kommersant, said that the injured man was a member of the GRU, or Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Main Directorate of the General Staff.
An unidentified source, cited by the news agency Interfax, claimed that the owner of the vehicle was a colonel in the Russian Armed Forces and the commander of a General Staff unit.
He fought in the battle against Ukraine and is supposedly in charge of military satellite communications. Interfax sources claim that all versions—including the one regarding the “Ukrainian trace”—are being looked into by the investigation.
Arrests Made in Turkey
The Federal Security Service (FSB) chief, Alexander Bortnikov, informed the SHOT Telegram channel that the suspect had escaped to Turkey and that the agency was attempting to bring him back.
On July 24, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced that Turkish police had arrested a Russian national who was allegedly involved in a car bombing that left two individuals injured in Moscow earlier in the day, one of whom was reportedly a top military intelligence official.
The man, who Yerlikaya identified as Russian citizen Yevgeny Serebryakov, is suspected of carrying out a terrorist act in Moscow by planting an explosive device on a car that caused two injuries, according to Yerlikaya on X. Yerlikaya stated that Serebryakov was taken into custody by Turkish authorities in the Mugla Province after arriving by plane from Moscow.
A video of Turkish police removing a man from a white automobile and handcuffing him was posted on Yerlikaya’s page.
Moscow has undertaken multiple bomb assaults on Russian soil, including the capital, since beginning its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine has refuted any involvement in the assaults.
Recently, GreatGameInternational reported that Ukrainian intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov revealed that there have been multiple attempts to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin.
