FACTBOX: What we know about terror attack on senior Russian general in Moscow

MOSCOW, December 22. /TASS/. The head of the Operational Training Directorate at the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, was killed in an explosion in southern Moscow on Monday morning, Russian Investigative Committee Spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko told TASS.

TASS has compiled key facts about the terror attack.

- A parked car exploded at 12, Yasenevaya Street at around 7:00 a.m. Moscow time (4:00 a.m. GMT), first responders told TASS.

- Emergency services are on the scene.

- Fanil Sarvarov, 56, head of the General Staff’s Operational Training Directorate, died from injuries sustained in the explosion, Russian Investigative Committee Spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko said.