A car carrying a Russian lieutenant colonel and his wife exploded on Kolpinskoye Highway in St. The lieutenant colonel’s wife was also in the car at the moment of the blast and was badly injured, local media reported. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• A car carrying a Russian lieutenant colonel and his wife exploded on Kolpinskoye Highway in St. Petersburg's Slavyanka district on the morning of August 27. The serviceman died at the scene, while his wife was hospitalized in intensive care, according to Russi...S1

• The lieutenant colonel’s wife was also in the car at the moment of the blast and was badly injured, local media reported.S2