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A uniquely yellow-fronted residential building visible behind assisted us verify the footage.
Our team is verifying images and video circulated earlier today that depict the scene of a reported car bomb blast that Russian officials state fatally injured a high-ranking military officer in Moscow.
Russian authorities confirmed that Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov was inside the vehicle that exploded and that he succumbed of his wounds. A probe is under way.
The initial step to verify the site from which the pictures were from was based on social media reports indicating the blast happened on Yasenevaya Street in the southern district of the Russian capital.
We used street-view imagery on Google Maps and the local mapping service Yandex Maps to match the unique yellow colour of a adjacent residential complex captured in the video.
Locating additional buildings, lamp-posts and the road configuration confirmed the exact location the footage were taken.
Additionally, we verified that the videos were new and that the visuals had not been digital alteration.
