KYIV: Two police officers were wounded in a Kyiv district court on Wednesday (Jul 5) as a man who was brought to attend a hearing blew himself up, officials said. There were at least two explosions at Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi district court. Authorities did not say that the blasts were linked to Ukraine
KYIV: Two police officers were wounded in a Kyiv district court on Wednesday as a man who was brought to attend a hearing blew himself up, officials said.
The suspect was identified as Igor Gumenyuk. He was detained in 2015 in connection with the deaths of four national guardsmen. Earlier Wednesday Ukrainian officials said that law enforcement in the capital Kyiv were responding to reports of an explosion at a district court and emergency services were responding on the scene.Kyiv has been under heightened security since Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year and a curfew remains in place during the night.
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