Overview
- Russia’s FSB reported it found and defused an improvised explosive device hidden in an electric scooter parked at the entrance to a Moscow business center.
- Explosives experts said the bomb contained about 1.5 kilograms of plastic explosive packed with bolts and nuts and could be triggered remotely via a WiFi smart‑home relay linked to a 4G modem.
- The agency alleged Ukraine’s SBU planned to detonate the device when the unnamed target arrived, a claim not independently verified, and Ukraine had not issued a public response in the reports cited.
- Investigators opened a terrorism case under Russian law and launched searches for those who planted or helped hide the scooter, warning a blast at the busy entrance could have caused many civilian injuries.
- The FSB linked the method to the December 17, 2024 attack that killed Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and his assistant, a case that led to a life sentence for an Uzbek man convicted of building and remotely detonating a scooter bomb.