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A Russian general has been killed in a car bombing in Moscow, officials have said.<\/p>\n
Russia’s Investigative Committee said Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov died on Monday morning after an explosive device planted under a car detonated.<\/p>\n
Sarvarov, 56, was the head of the armed forces’ operational training department, the committee added.<\/p>\n
It said one theory being investigated was that the bomb was planted with the involvement of Ukrainian intelligence services. Ukraine has not commented.<\/p>\n
Sarvarov died in hospital as a result of his injuries, the committee said, adding it had opened an investigation into murder and illegal trafficking of explosives.<\/p>\n
Investigators have been sent to the scene, in a car park near an apartment block in the south of Russia’s capital.<\/p>\n
Images from the area show a badly damaged white car with the doors blown out, surrounded by other vehicles.<\/p>\n
According to Russian media, Sarvarov previously took part in combat operations during the Ossetian-Ingush conflict and the Chechen wars in the 1990s and early 2000s, and also led operations in Syria between 2015-2016.<\/p>\n