Explosion at police station in Dnipro classified as terrorist act

Explosion at police station in Dnipro classified as terrorist act

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An explosion at a police station in Dnipro has been classified as a terrorist act.

According to Ukrinform, this was reported on Telegram by the Office of the Prosecutor General.

At around 20:50 on February 23, an improvised explosive device detonated at one of the police departments in Dnipro. No injuries were reported.

The blast wave damaged the administrative building, shattered windows, and damaged a vehicle parked nearby.

Under the procedural supervision of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office, investigators from the Security Service of Ukraine launched a pre-trial investigation into the terrorist act under Part 2 of Article 258 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Prosecutors and investigators are working to establish all the circumstances of the incident.

Read also: Terrorist attack in Lviv: Two women involved – SSU

As previously reported by Ukrinform, an explosion at a gas station in Mykolaiv injured seven police officers, two of whom were in serious condition. That explosion was also classified as a terrorist act.

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