MOSCOW, December 17. /TASS/. An explosive device planted in a scooter on Moscow's Ryazansky Avenue, near the residence of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov of Russia's Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops, was remotely detonated and appeared to have been targeted, emergency response services told TASS.

"The device was designed in a way that implies the explosion had a specific target. The blast wave came from the entrance through which Kirillov exited. The device was detonated remotely," the agency source said. The power of the explosion amounted to about 300 grams in TNT equivalent.

According to investigators, on the morning of December 17, an explosive device planted in a scooter near the entrance of a residential building went off on Ryazansky Avenue in Moscow. As a result, Igor Kirillov and his aide were killed. A criminal case has been initiated over the murder.