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An unidentified person detonated an explosive device placed near a police car in central Moscow, killing one officer and wounding two others, the Russian Interior Ministry said. The attack took place in the early hours of Tuesday at the Savyolovsky railway station square. Savyolovsky station, in northern Moscow, is one of the capital's main railway hubs.
The attacker approached traffic police officers who were in their patrol vehicle and then detonated a device, the statement said, adding that the attacker died at the scene.
According to the Russian state news agency Tass, the targeted patrol car was badly damaged but not engulfed in flames. Local media published images showing a police vehicle with broken windows near railway tracks.
The area was cordoned off by police and several ambulances were sent to the scene.
The ministry initially said the perpetrator had fled. A few minutes later, it said the man was found dead at the scene after inspecting the scene and reviewing security camera footage.
Authorities did not immediately provide details about the explosives or the attacker's motive.
Russia's Investigative Committee, which investigates serious crimes, said it had opened a case for attempted murder of a law enforcement officer and illegal possession of explosive devices.
In December 2025, two police officers were killed in an explosion in southern Moscow while trying to stop a suspicious person near their vehicle, near the place where a Russian general had been killed a few days earlier.
There have been a number of assassinations of Russian military officials on Russian soil during Moscow's four-year war against Ukraine.
Earlier this month, a senior Russian military intelligence officer was shot multiple times and injured in an attack that Moscow blamed on Kiev.
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