Putin Assassination Attempt?
In a parallel story, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s car was also hit by a “loud bang” while traveling back to his residence.
Putin reportedly used a decoy motorcade in fear of assassination attempts, but his location was compromised.
“On the way to the residence, a few kilometres away, the first escort car was blocked by an ambulance, [and] the second escort car drove around without stopping [due to the] sudden obstacle, and during the detour of the obstacle,” according to the General SVR Telegram channel.
Putin’s limousine drove safely, but when the bang happened, the vehicle was seen having “problems with control.” Still, Putin got out of the vehicle unharmed. But after the event, multiple arrests on his security service were made, while some of his bodyguards were reportedly missing.
🚨🚨🇷🇺#BREAKING: Multiple Russian security services were arrested following Putin's assassination attempt. pic.twitter.com/o7ue6EJ8EP
— Terror Alarm (@Terror_Alarm) September 14, 2022
The sources at the anti-Kremlin Telegram channel also claimed that Putin’s bodyguards are currently in custody and have been suspended.
“A narrow circle of people knew about the movement of the president in this cortege, and all of them were from the presidential security service. After the incident, three of them disappeared. These were exactly the people who were in the first car of the motorcade. Their fate is currently unknown. The car on which they were traveling was found empty a few kilometres from the incident.”
However, before we conclude that this is an assassination attempt, as SOFREP Editor-in-Chief Sean Spoonts have said, it may simply be an accident. The tires could have been overheated, and the “loud bang” came from that. The presidential state car, the Aurus Senat limousine, is also extremely heavy. So even though it has various life-saving, offensive, and defensive features in alignment with Federal Protective Standards, its wheels are still its Achilles heels.
This is a developing story, and SOFREP will update this article as new information comes to light.
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