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| 'Parcel bomb' explodes in Monaco residential area, leaving 2 critically injured: reports | |
| 2026-06-30 | |
| [FOX] Police in Monaco and France were reportedly searching Monday night for a man suspected of detonating a makeshift explosive device that injured several people, including two critically. The explosion happened shortly before 9 p.m. local time in the center of Monaco, near the entrance of a residential building. Surveillance video appeared to show a man leaving a backpack at the scene moments before the blast, Reuters reported, citing French newspaper Le Figaro. Christophe Mirmand, Monaco’s minister of state, told BFM TV that two of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries. "No event of this nature has ever ​happened in the principality before," Mirmand told the outlet. French emergency crews were sent to the scene to assist. Authorities in France and Monaco launched a joint operation to find the suspect, according to France’s Interior Ministry. BFM TV, citing Monaco’s prosecutor general, described the device as a "parcel bomb."
A yet-to-be identified suspect is believed to have fled on foot to France and is still on the run. Monaco authorities reportedly ruled out the possibility the incident was a terrorist attack as of Tuesday morning. Vadym Iermolaiev and his partner remain in critical condition, while a 13 year-old boy, presumed to be the couple’s child, reportedly suffered less serious injuries in the explosion. The three injured individuals were reportedly transported to a French hospital in Nice. The full extent of their injuries remains unknown. Moved to Page 5: Russia-FSU. | |
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