A second explosion in two days kills two Moscow police officers

Three people, including two police officers, were killed in an explosion in Moscow on Wednesday, Russian investigators said, just days after a car bomb killed a high-ranking general nearby..

Investigative Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko said in a statement that two traffic police officers were approaching a “suspicious person” when an explosive device exploded. The two police officers, as well as another person standing near them, died from their wounds.

She added that investigators and forensic experts are working at the scene.

The incident occurred in the same area of ​​the Russian capital, where Lieutenant-General Vanil Sarvarov was killed in a car bombing on Monday morning..

Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, died when an explosive device exploded under his car in southern Moscow..

Investigators said Ukraine may have been behind the attack, which was the third such killing of a senior military officer in just over a year.