US EditionMan Sets Off Explosive Device at Ukrainian Railway Station, Blast Kills Him, 3 Others
The explosion at Ovruch station killed four, including a border guard, and injured 12; the 23-year-old suspect recently attempted to cross into Belarus, motives remain unknown.
- The blast at Ovruch railway station on Friday killed four, the Ukraine's State Border Guard Service said, including a man who detonated an explosive device during a document check.
- The 23-year-old Kharkiv resident had recently been detained by the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service after trying to cross into Belarus, but authorities said motives remain unclear and made no link to Russia's war.
- Among the dead were a border guard and two civilian victims aged 29, 58 and 82, and Twelve injured, with rescuers aiding casualties on the platform.
- Officials said the device went off while agents checked identity papers on a train in the northwestern Zhytomyr region and the suspect died in an ambulance.
- Martial law in Ukraine has been in force three and a half years, with men aged 22 to 60 facing travel restrictions and draft eligibility amid estimates of more than 400,000 troop casualties; officials made no mention of any link to Russia's war, Reuters reported.
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Three Dead, Twelve Injured in Explosion at Ukrainian Train Station
At least three people were killed and 12 others injured in an explosion at a railway station in Ovruch on Friday, October 24th. According to local media, a man from Kharkiv detonated an explosive device during a document check, killing a female border guard and two civilians. The bomber later died from his injuries in an ambulance, the State Border Guard Service reported. Police have cordoned off the area and an investigation into the incident i…
Blowing up people at the train station in Ovruch: proceedings opened under three articlesLaw enforcement officers have opened criminal proceedings into the explosion at the railway station in Ovruch, which claimed the lives of a border guard and two civilians. Preliminary qualification of the event under three articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Man blows himself and three others up attempting to flee Ukraine
Image – Ukrainian State Border Guard Service, X. A 23-year-old man from Kharkov has killed himself and three others after detonating an explosive device during a border inspection in Ukraine’s Zhytomyr Region, police said. The blast occurred at Ovruch railway station while officers were checking documents of passengers attempting to cross into Belarus. Among the victims were three women, including a border guard, while ten others were injured in…
4 killed, 12 injured in explosion at Ukraine train station
At least four people were killed and 12 others injured in an explosion at a train station in the northern Ukrainian town of Ovruch on Friday, reported Xinhua, quoting the National Police. The explosion occurred at 10:50 a.m. local time (GMT 0750) during the passenger document check, when a man took out an explosive device that detonated moments later. The 23-year-old man who carried the device was from Kharkiv, a city in northeastern Ukraine. He…
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