A device was detonated after police approached a "suspicious" individual in Moscow, authorities said.

Two police officers were killed in an overnight explosion in Moscow when they tried to stop a suspicious person, Russia's Investigative Committee has said in a statement.

The explosion happened near where a Russian general was killed earlier this week. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

When the officers approached the person to detain him, an explosive device was detonated

The explosion happened when they tried to stop a suspicious person, a statement said.

The blast occurred close to the site where the army official was killed.

Two police officers have been killed in an explosion in Moscow, Russian investigators said on Wednesday. Their deaths come just two days after a car bomb killed a top general in the same area of the Russia capital.

Three killed, including two police officers, in Moscow bomb blast linked to recent attacks near a general's assassination site.