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St. Petersburg Car Blast Kills Russian Aerospace Forces Officer

Headline via The Moscow Times · first report 12 Nov, 14:53 IST, latest 12 Nov, 16:13 IST

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What we know

2 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from The Moscow Times at 12 Nov, 14:53 IST; the latest is from The Straits Times at 12 Nov, 16:13 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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First report12 Nov, 14:53 IST
Latest report12 Nov, 16:13 IST
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The officer was the second Russian military official to be killed in a car bomb explosion in the same neighborhood this year.
MOSCOW, Nov 12 - A Russian military serviceman was killed after the car he was driving was blown up in the Pushkinsky District of St Petersburg, investigators said in Thursday.

Quoted from the newsrooms’ own feeds, with their names and links. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details.

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