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One killed, three injured incl MP, in explosion in Kiev - officials (PHOTOS) | One killed, three injured incl MP, in explosion in Kiev - officials (PHOTOS) |
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One man was killed and three others injured in a blast in central Kiev, according to Ukraine's Interior Ministry. An MP and his driver are among the victims, according to the official’s Facebook page. | One man was killed and three others injured in a blast in central Kiev, according to Ukraine's Interior Ministry. An MP and his driver are among the victims, according to the official’s Facebook page. |
Ukrainian MP Igor Mosiychuk has been injured in an explosion near the TV Espresso HQ in Kiev, according to the TV station and the MP’s press service. | |
“Igor Mosiychuk is currently in hospital. The operation is ongoing. His condition is not life-threatening," Mosiychuk's press service said on Facebook. | |
According to an interior ministry Facebook post, three more people were injured, while one of them died in an ambulance on the way to hospital. | |
The interior minister’s advisor, Zoryan Shkiryak, said political analyst Vitaliy Byala was also injured in the blast. | |
“Both have now been taken to hospital quickly and are under the care of doctors,” Shkiryak stated in a Facebook post, adding that investigators were working the scene. | |
The man who died in hospital was a bodyguard and aid to Mosiychuk, fellow MP Dmitri Linko said on Facebook. | |
While the explosion was described by some officials as a “car blast,” photos from the scene suggest that it was a motorcycle parked near the car which blew up. |