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A senior Russian general in charge of nuclear protection forces in Moscow has been killed by a bomb hidden in an electric scooter, Russia’s investigative committee said. Kirillov was leading Russia's radioactive , chemical and biological defence troops. Russian Defence Ministry/Handout/AFP Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who was chief of the Troops of Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defence, was killed on Tuesday outside an apartment building on Ryazansky Prospekt. “Igor Kirillov, the head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection forces of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, and his assistant were killed,” the investigative committee said. Russia’s TASS news agency reported, quoting a law enforcement official, that the explosive device “had a capacity of some 300 grams in TNT equivalent”. A source within the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) told Al Jazeera it was behind the attack. “We claim our responsibility for the bombing of the head of ...

A shooting at a Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday, left a teenage student and a teacher dead and several others injured, casting the small religious community into mourning just days before the school was going to close for Christmas. Emergency response officials work the scene of a reported shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison , Wisconsin , on December 16 , 2024. WMTV Police rushed to Abundant Life Christian School just before 11 a.m. Monday in response to reports of an active shooter, Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said. In addition to the two people killed, another six are injured, according to police, including two students with life-threatening injuries in critical condition and four other students with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Barnes. The shooting suspect, a teenage student, was also found dead at the scene, according to the police chief. “Today truly is a sad day for Madison and for our country. It is a day th...