‘Ukrainian oligarch’ injured in backpack bomb blast in Monaco – media (VIDEOS)
At least three people were injured after a backpack bomb exploded outside a residential building in Monaco on Monday evening. Read Full Article at RT.com
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At least three people were injured in what authorities described as an intentional “attack”
An explosive device packed with shrapnel seriously injured Ukrainian-born businessman Vadim Ermolaev and two members of his family at the entrance to a residential building in Monaco on Monday evening, according to local media reports.
The explosion occurred shortly before 9pm on Rue Révérend Père Louis Frolla, a street in the principality near the French border. Investigators believe the device had been hidden in a backpack left near the entrance to the building. Monaco’s Minister of State Christophe Mirmand told AFP that the device likely contained bolts and shot, and indicated that authorities were treating the blast as a likely terrorist attack.
Authorities have yet to officially confirm the victims’ identities, but sources close to the investigation told BFMTV that they were the family of “major Ukrainian oligarch” Vadim Ermolaev, a businessman born in Dnepropetrovsk in 1968. Before he renounced Ukrainian citizenship in 2019, Forbes ranked him 35th among the country’s 100 richest men.
