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RUSSIA’S INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE CONFIRMS TRAFFIC POLICEMAN KILLED IN MOSCOW BLAST

24/02/2026 11:33 AM

MOSCOW, Feb 24 (Bernama-TASS) -- The Russian Investigative Committee’s department in Moscow confirmed that one traffic police officer was killed in a blast in front of the Savyolovsky railway station in the Russian capital, and two more were injured, the Russian News Agency (TASS) reported.

"As a result of actions by the attacker, one traffic policeman sustained injuries incompatible with life and died at the scene of the incident. Two more policemen were taken to a city hospital, where they are being given medical assistance," the Investigative Committee said in a report.

The attacker died at the scene, the Russian Interior Ministry’s department in Moscow said, after analysing video recordings from surveillance cameras.

The Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case. Its investigators and detectives are still working at the scene.

-- BERNAMA-TASS


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