A police officer died and 24 others were wounded when homemade bombs exploded at midnight in western Ukraine's Lviv. The blasts occurred after officers responded to a reported break-in, with the city's mayor calling it a terrorist attack.
KYIV – A deadly bombing attack in western Ukraine has claimed the life of one police officer and left two dozen others wounded, according to Ukrainian National Police reports released Sunday.
The tragic incident unfolded at midnight in the city of Lviv when multiple homemade bombs went off in what authorities are calling a coordinated attack.
“It has been preliminarily established that homemade explosive devices detonated,” police officials announced through their Telegram channel.
According to investigators, the first blast happened when patrol officers responded to reports of a suspected store burglary. A second explosion followed shortly after the initial detonation.
Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi has denounced the deadly incident as an act of terrorism targeting the western Ukrainian city.
The attack adds to the ongoing violence affecting Ukraine, bringing deadly consequences to the historic city of Lviv, located in the country’s western region.
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