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Series of Bomb Blasts Rock Ukrainian City, Dozens Injured
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MOSCOW — Several explosions rocked an industrial city in eastern Ukraine on Friday, officials said, injuring at least 25 people in what was described as a coordinated terrorist attack. Twenty seven people were injured in four successive bomb attacks that took place on Friday in the city of Dnepropetrovsk, eastern Ukraine, the emergencies ministry said.According to other sources, there were six explosions.Between three and seven people were hurt when an unidentified explosive device went off at a tram stop in central Dnepropetrovsk.The second blast came about an hour later outside a cinema, injuring seven.The third explosion took place near a railway terminal and the fourth in a public park.
Several people were hospitalized with fragmentation wounds.The traffic in the central part of the city has been brought to a standstill.
A criminal case has been opened under a "terrorism" statute, the Prosecutor General's Office press secretary Margarita Velkova said.Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has ordered the interior minister to head the investigation into the bombings.
President Viktor Yanukovych described the attacks as "yet another challenge for us, for the entire country."
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MOSCOW — Several explosions rocked an industrial city in eastern Ukraine on Friday, officials said, injuring at least 25 people in what was described as a coordinated terrorist attack. Twenty seven people were injured in four successive bomb attacks that took place on Friday in the city of Dnepropetrovsk, eastern Ukraine, the emergencies ministry said.According to other sources, there were six explosions.Between three and seven people were hurt when an unidentified explosive device went off at a tram stop in central Dnepropetrovsk.The second blast came about an hour later outside a cinema, injuring seven.The third explosion took place near a railway terminal and the fourth in a public park.
Several people were hospitalized with fragmentation wounds.The traffic in the central part of the city has been brought to a standstill.
A criminal case has been opened under a "terrorism" statute, the Prosecutor General's Office press secretary Margarita Velkova said.Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has ordered the interior minister to head the investigation into the bombings.
President Viktor Yanukovych described the attacks as "yet another challenge for us, for the entire country."
