Monaco parcel bomb: How Ukraine-born tycoon Vadym Yermolaiev got injured in suspected assassination bid
Monaco parcel bomb explosion injured Ukrainian businessman Vadym Yermolaiev, his wife and child, prompting a cross-border manhunt as investigators probe an attempted murder case.
A police officer guards in a street in Monaco, a day after an explosive device seriously injured three people at a residential building in Monaco. (AP Photo) A manhunt was launched by authorities after a parcel bomb exploded at a residential building in Monaco in an “attempted assassination”, injuring three people, including a reported Ukraine-born business tycoon, the principality’s chief prosecutor said on Tuesday.
According to The Guardian report, French media identified the victims as Vadym Yermolaiev, his wife and their 13-year-old child. The French authorities said Yermolaiev and his wife were admitted to a hospital with “serious injuries” while their child was also wounded in the explosion.
A view of the residential building where an explosive device seriously injured three people in Monaco. (AP Photo)
Time, location, and severity of the blast
A parcel bomb was left in an apartment building on Rue Révérend Père Louis Frolla, near the border with France and it went off around 9 pm (local time), causing what the authorities described as a “powerful explosion”, the Monaco government said.
Investigators examine the scene at the residential building where an explosive device seriously injured three people a day earlier in Monaco. (AP Photo)
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