Explosion at Dnipro police station being investigated as terrorist attack

Law enforcement authorities are treating an explosion that took place at the Amur-Nyzhnodniprovskyi police station in the city of Dnipro on 23 February as a possible terrorist attack.

Source: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office

Quote: "Under the procedural supervision of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office, investigators from the regional Security Service of Ukraine have launched a pre-trial investigation into the commission of a terrorist act (Article 258.2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)."

Details: Law enforcement officers have examined the scene of the crime.

Prosecutors and investigators are establishing all the circumstances of the incident.

Background:

• An improvised explosive device went off at the Amur-Nyzhnodniprovskyi police station at about 20:50 on 23 February.
• No one was injured. However, the blast wave damaged the building, shattered windows and damaged a car parked nearby.
• The explosive device had been planted inside the building.

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