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Igor Kirillov, head of the Russian Defence Ministry's radiological, biological and chemical protection unit, was killed on December 17, 2024 when an explosive device hidden in a scooter went off outside a building in Moscow. [AFP]
The head of the Russian army's chemical weapons division died on Tuesday when an explosive device attached to a scooter went off outside an apartment building in Moscow, officials said.
Igor Kirillov, the head of the military's chemical, biological and radiological weapons unit, was killed along with his deputy when the blast went off as the two men left a building in a residential area in southeastern Moscow early in the morning on Tuesday.
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