Russian military intelligence officer wounded in Moscow car bomb attack, Kommersant says

PHOTO CAPTION: A moment of a car blast that reportedly injured an officer from Russia's GRU military intelligence is captured, in Moscow, Russia July 24, 2024 in this picture obtained by Reuters from a social media video

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A car bomb injured an officer from Russia's military intelligence agency in northern Moscow on Wednesday, the Kommersant newspaper reported.

Russia's interior ministry said that two people were injured in a blast caused by the detonation of an unidentified device and said that a criminal case had been opened.

The explosion ripped through a Toyota Land Cruiser shortly after the officer and an unidentified woman got into the vehicle, according to Russian media which showed footage of the explosion.

Kommersant, one of Russia's leading newspapers, said that the injured man served in the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, widely referred to as GRU.

Baza, which has sources in Russia's security services, also said the injured man was a GRU officer.

State news agency TASS said that an officer and his wife had been injured in the blast. The man's feet were blown off, according to TASS. Five other cars were damaged in the blast, the agency said.

Reuters was unable to independently verify the reports.



(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Guy Faulconbridge; Editing by Andrew Osborn and Andrew Heavens)