On a platform in the town of Ovruch, Korosten district, Zhytomyr region, during a document check, a 23-year-old man detonated an explosive device: he and three other women, including a border guard, were killed, and 12 more people were injured.
“An explosion occurred at about 10:50 a.m. on the platform of the railway station in the town of Ovruch, Korosten district. According to preliminary information, four people were killed and 12 others were injured,” the National Police said on its website on Friday. It has been preliminarily established that employees of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine were checking the documents of train passengers.
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Source: Interfax-Ukraine News
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