In St. Petersburg, investigators opened a criminal case after a car was blown up with an explosive device in which there was a lieutenant colonel and chief navigator of the 6th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense (Air Defense). Lahat.ru was informed about this by the regional department of the Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia. "A criminal case has been opened for the murder of a serviceman as a result of a car explosion in the Pushkinsky district," the investigative committee said. Now investigators and criminologists together with operational officers are examining the scene of the incident. Law enforcement officers are investigating the circumstances of the incident, the department said. Around 7 a.m. Moscow time on November 12, a car explosion occurred in Shushari on the Kolpinskoye highway, where the colonel was sitting. His relative was also in the car, but he survived but was injured. It was later learned that the explosive device on the serviceman's vehicle exploded as soon as the driver left the yard.