A manhunt is under way in southern France after a parcel bomb exploded at a residential building in neighbouring Monaco, injuring a wealthy Ukrainian businessman and two others.
Vadym Yermolaiev and two others are believed to have been injured in the attack on Monday evening, according to French media reports. Their identities have not been officially announced.
Two are in a critical condition in hospital in Nice, Monaco public prosecutor Stéphane Thibault said, adding that a woman was the most seriously hurt.
The blast occurred shortly before 21:00 (19:00 GMT) at an apartment building on Rue Révérend Père Louis Frolla, near the border with France.
Ukraine’s foreign ministry said its embassy in France was in touch with Monaco’s authorities and was working to officially identify those reported injured in the blast.
Monaco’s government said the explosion had been caused by a parcel bomb, while the Minister of State of Monaco, Christophe Mirmand, told AFP news agency the explosive device had appeared to contain bolts and pellets.
Thibault said four other people had been treated by emergency services – one for shock and three for cuts from debris from nearby shop windows as a result of the blast.
He said authorities were searching for a single suspect and that the incident was being investigated as attempted murder, not as a terrorist attack.
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