An explosion in Monaco on Monday night injured seven people, including Ukrainian businessman Vadym Yermolaiev, his wife, and their 13-year-old son. Monaco's Minister of State Christophe Mirmand described the attack as 'probably a terrorist attack' and the first of its kind in the principality, as police and French authorities search for a suspect who left a backpack bomb outside a residential building.
Overnight on Monday, an improvised explosive device detonated outside a residential building on Rue Révérend-Père-Louis-Frolla in Monaco, injuring seven people, among them Ukrainian businessman Vadym Yermolaiev, his wife, and their 13-year-old son, according to a report by French media outlet Le Figaro cited by the Zioneer's desk. The blast occurred at approximately 21:15 local time. Monaco's State Minister Christophe Mirmand described the attack as 'probably a terrorist attack' and the first of its kind in the principality, noting that the device was reportedly packed with screws and metal balls. The suspect, captured on security cameras leaving a backpack at the building's entrance, fled toward the neighboring French town of Beausoleil. Yermolaiev and his wife were hospitalized in serious condition; the boy's life was not in danger, according to Monaco prosecutor Thibault Stéphan. The incident follows a previous Zioneer report (Jun 30, 00:27) that identified three wounded as Ukrainians and noted the search for the suspect. Ukrainian media earlier identified Yermolaiev as a target due to his business ties in Crimea under Russian occupation. French and Monaco law enforcement are leading the manhunt.
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