Monaco bombing was ‘attempted assassination’, not terror attack, say prosecutors – Europe live
French media identified the victims as Vadym Iermolaiev, his wife and their 13-year-old child. Iermolaiev and his wife had been taken to hospital with serious injuries, while their child was also wounded, French authorities said. Originally from the south-eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, Iermolaiev founded the Alef trade and industrial corporation and became one of the region’s most influential property developers and businessmen.
- ▪French media identified the victims as Vadym Iermolaiev, his wife and their 13-year-old child.
- ▪Iermolaiev and his wife had been taken to hospital with serious injuries, while their child was also wounded, French authorities said.
- ▪Originally from the south-eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, Iermolaiev founded the Alef trade and industrial corporation and became one of the region’s most influential property developers and businessmen.
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06.22 EDTMorning opening: Monaco bombing 'attempted assassination,' not terrorist attack, prosecutors sayJakub KrupaPolice in Monaco are searching for a suspected bomber after a Ukrainian-born business tycoon, his wife and their child were injured in an unprecedented attack that has shaken the normally ultra-safe principality.Members of a bomb disposal team operate the day after an attack involving an explosive device in the lobby of a residential building, in Monaco. Photograph: Valéry Hache/AFP/Getty ImagesMonaco prosecutor said this morning that the investigation was opened into an attempted assassination, after a terrorist attack was ruled out through early inquiries.The authorities are still looking to identify the suspect.As the Guardian’s Pjotr Sauer reported, The Monaco government…
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