Russian car bomb suspect extradited from Turkey

A Russian man suspected of carrying out a car bombing that wounded two people in Moscow has been extradited from Turkey, the interior ministry said Friday.

Evgeny Serebryakov, born in 1995, was detained in the Turkish city of Bodrum on Wednesday, hours after an unidentified explosive device tore apart a car in the north of the Russian capital.

“Serebryakov has been taken to Russia and handed over to investigators,” interior ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk said on Friday on Telegram.

The attack reportedly injured a Russian military officer. Officials have not confirmed the victim’s identity.

Serebryakov has been charged with attempted murder and the illegal acquisition or transportation of explosives.

In a video filmed by Russia’s FSB security service and aired on state media, Serebryakov said he was acting “on the instructions of a Ukrainian security services operative”.

Several Russian military and pro-Kremlin public figures have been targeted in car bombings since Moscow launched its offensive on Ukraine in February 2022.

Ukraine typically denies responsibility but often cheers attacks on Russian officials and military personnel.

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