A man accused of shooting a high-ranking Russian military official on Friday has been taken into custody, according to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB).

The suspect, Russian national Lyubomir Korba, was arrested and extradited from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, where he fled hours after the attack, Russia’s state-run TASS news agency reported on Sunday, citing the FSB.

Korba is accused of ambushing and shooting Russia’s deputy military intelligence chief, Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev, in the stairway of his Moscow apartment building, leaving him with wounds in his arm, leg, and chest. Alekseyev was hospitalised and has undergone surgery, according to Russian media.

Korba was detained in Dubai with assistance from UAE partners, according to the FSB, Russia’s primary intelligence and security agency. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin thanked UAE President Mohammed bin ⁠Zayed Al Nahyan for the help in detaining the suspect, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

An alleged accomplice was arrested in Moscow while another, a woman, crossed into Ukraine, the FSB said. TASS added that “a search for the organisers of the attack is ongoing.”

Moscow blames Kyiv

Russian officials accused Ukraine of being behind the attack, which occurred a day after peace talks involving Russian, Ukrainian, and United States officials had concluded in Abu Dhabi with a prisoner swap but no breakthrough on ending Russia’s four-year war on Ukraine.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called the shooting a “terrorist act” by Ukraine aimed at sabotaging those talks.