Police officer killed, 24 people injured in bombs explosions in Ukraine’s Lviv

Smoke rises in the background as a Ukrainian flag flutters in the wind
  • The ​police ‌said that ‌the first explosion occurred after a patrol crew arrived at ‌the suspected scene of a ⁠shop ⁠break-in

KYIV: One police officer was killed and ​24 other people were injured after several explosive devices detonated at midnight in ‌Lviv in ‌western ​Ukraine, ‌the ⁠National Police ​said on ⁠Sunday.

“It has been preliminarily established that homemade explosive devices detonated,” the ⁠police said on ‌the ‌Telegram messaging service.

The ​police ‌said that ‌the first explosion occurred after a patrol crew arrived at ‌the suspected scene of a ⁠shop ⁠break-in, while the second explosion occurred a little later.

The mayor of Lviv, Andriy Sadovyi, called the incident a terrorist ​act.

BY: The Times Union – REUTERS