A man detonated a grenade on the train: 4 people died, 12 injured
This was reported by ThePublic.info citing Suspilne Zhytomyr.
According to Ivanna Siletskaya, press officer of the Main Department of the National Police in Zhytomyr Region, the explosion occurred around 10:50 on the platform of the railway station in the city of Ovruch, Korosten district.
It is preliminarily established that officers of the State Border Guard Service were conducting document checks on passengers of a diesel train. During this time, one of them took out an explosive device on the platform, which then detonated. As a result, this man, a 23-year-old resident of Kharkiv, died. Three other women aged 29, 58, and 82, all residents of Korosten region, also received fatal injuries. Among the dead is a border guard, according to the police.
It is preliminarily known that the man who carried out the explosion was recently detained for attempting to violate the state border in the western section of the border. Urgent investigative actions are currently underway, adds the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
