medium conflictVERIFIEDLowered from high by a second read
Car bomb kills senior Russian army officer near St Petersburg
Verified: 2 outlets have reported this story since Nov 12.
📍 St. Petersburg, RU·🕐 32m ago·2 outlets
How sure are we
✓ Verified · 2 outlets
Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
The story so far · 2 reports · ✓ Verified Nov 12, 7:31 AM UTC
- Nov 12, 7:20 AM UTCFirst reportCar explodes in St Petersburg, killing Russian colonel – videopravda.com.ua ↗
- Nov 12, 7:31 AM UTC+11 min· you’re reading thisCar bomb kills senior Russian army officer near St Petersburgazernews.az ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 12, 7:31 AM UTC · +11 min
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Verification Log2
second readlowered50%
[Claude, second read] Rates it MEDIUM, not HIGH. car bomb kills one senior officer, a single death. Lowered from HIGH to MEDIUM.
29m agocross checkconfirmed90%
[Claude] Report 2 describes the same car bombing in St Petersburg killing a Russian serviceman (identified as a colonel), with consistent details on location and cause.
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Reliability
Reliability ScoreHigh
75%Independent outlets2
Statusverified
AI checknone yet
Community flags0
Score bands
Very high80–100%
A highly rated outlet, or several independent outletsHigh60–79%
One well-rated outlet so farModerate40–59%
A lower-rated or state-run outlet, or one report of something seriousLow20–39%
A low-rated outlet on a serious or sensitive storyVery low0–19%
Treat it as unconfirmedWhat moves the score
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Outlet ratingThe outlet’s rating in WorldPulse’s list of sources starts the score
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Independent outletsEach further outlet that reports the story closes 40% of the gap to 98%
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Report detailsA few points either way: a summary and a place add a little; state-run outlets on conflict, politics or security, and single reports marked high or critical, lose some
Not in the score: AI checks and reader flags. Verified is separate: two or more independent outlets and a score of at least 65%.
High · How we score this
Risk Score
medium risk