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Russian colonel killed in car explosion near St Petersburg

A Russian colonel was killed when a car exploded in Pushkinsky District outside St Petersburg early Thursday. Investigators opened a murder probe after the serviceman died. Local media reported that a bomb was believed to have been attached beneath the vehicle and detonated on Kolpino Highway around 7 a.m. local time.

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