Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
10%
2 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
59/100
The Independent's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
5
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A Russian colonel has been killed in a car explosion outside St Petersburg, according to reports.
uncertain
colonel → kill → reports
Investigators have opened a murder probe after an unnamed serviceman died in the blast in the city’s Pushkinsky District early on Thursday.
asserted
serviceman → open → Thursday
A bomb is believed to have been strapped to the underside of the vehicle, detonating on the Kolpino Highway around 7am local time, according to local media.
uncertain
bomb → believe → media
An unnamed source told Russian outlet Fontanka that a colonel had killed in the blast while driving.
asserted
colonel → tell → blast
A family member travelling with them was injured by shrapnel, they added.
asserted
they → travel → shrapnel
Video shared on Russian Telegram channels showed a large dark-coloured car surrounded by apparent debris and damaged skirting.
asserted
Video → share → debris
The doors and bonnet had been opened as investigators worked on the scene, which was closed off by a police cordon.
asserted
which → open → cordon
The Independent was unable to verify the footage, which appeared across Russian media.
asserted
which → verify → media
News agencies TASS and RIA circulated similar footage of the site.
asserted
TASS → circulate → site
Nobody has taken responsibility for the explosion, which comes amid Russia’s nearly five-year war in Ukraine.
asserted
which → take → Ukraine
Another serviceman was killed in a car explosion in the same district of Russia's second largest city on August 27.
asserted
serviceman → kill → August
Other car bombs attacks have occurred in Moscow and Crimea , which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, in recent months.
asserted
Russia → occur → months
Russia earlier this year accused Ukrainian intelligence of being behind an assassination attempt on a Russian general in Moscow.
asserted
Russia → accuse → Moscow
Ukraine denied any involvement.
asserted
Ukraine → deny → involvement
Ukraine was also accused of carrying out a car bombing in Moscow that killed Russian Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov last year.
asserted
that → accuse → Sarvarov
Kyiv did not take responsibility for that attack, either.
asserted
Kyiv → take → attack
Russia has not officially confirmed the rank of the serviceman killed on Thursday and investigators are still working to establish the exact cause.
asserted
investigators → confirm → cause
“Investigators and forensic experts, together with operational officers, are currently examining the crime scene, and a number of necessary forensic examinations are being ordered,” the Investigative Directorate said on Telegram.
“All the circumstances of the incident are being clarified.”
asserted
circumstances → examine → incident
Russia’s FSB separately said that it had arrested four alleged Ukrainian intelligence agents, including a foreign national, accused of gathering information on participants in [the war].
asserted
it → say → war
The suspects were accused of spying on Russia’s “defense industry enterprises and energy facilities, with the aim of committing acts of terrorism and sabotage”, the FSB claimed.
asserted
FSB → accuse → terrorism
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