Explosion in Monaco injuries 3 including Ukrainian tycoon, and suspected attacker flees to France
A blast from an explosive device has seriously injured three people at a residential building in Monaco, and the attacker fled to France, local authorities said. French and Ukrainian media reported that a Ukrainian magnate and his family were among those injured.The unusual attack on Monday night (June 29, 2026) stunned the elite principality on the Mediterranean Coast. Mirmand said.A French national police official said French police are searching for the suspect and supporting the investigation but would not elaborate.French broadcaster BFM and Ukrainian news site Ukrainska Pravda identified one of the injured as Ukrainian construction tycoon Vadym Iermolaiev.
- ▪A blast from an explosive device has seriously injured three people at a residential building in Monaco, and the attacker fled to France, local authorities said.
- ▪French and Ukrainian media reported that a Ukrainian magnate and his family were among those injured.The unusual attack on Monday night (June 29, 2026) stunned the elite principality on the Mediterranean Coast.
- ▪Mirmand said.A French national police official said French police are searching for the suspect and supporting the investigation but would not elaborate.French broadcaster BFM and Ukrainian news site Ukrainska Pravda identified one of the i
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A blast from an explosive device has seriously injured three people at a residential building in Monaco, and the attacker fled to France, local authorities said. French and Ukrainian media reported that a Ukrainian magnate and his family were among those injured.The unusual attack on Monday night (June 29, 2026) stunned the elite principality on the Mediterranean Coast. Monaco’s leader, Prince Albert II, called it “an odious act” and said all the country’s services were mobilised to ensure security.French and Monaco authorities are searching for the attacker, whose motive is under investigation, Monaco’s most senior government official, Minister of State Christophe Mirmand, told reporters.The explosion occurred around 9 p.m.
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