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Grenade attack hits Kiev office building
KIEV, Aug 26, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Ukrainian police said Monday they were
investigating a grenade attack on a Kiev office building that caused damage
but no injuries.
An unknown assailant fired the rocket-propelled grenade at the building in
central Kiev at 1:30 am (22:30 GMT), police said.
The attack damaged the facade, windows and interior of the building, which
houses a Ukrainian bridge construction company called Mostobud.
Police said they were investigating the incident as a “terrorist attack”
but provided no other details.
Attacks involving grenade launchers and other weapons are not uncommon in
Ukraine, where a large number of arms are circulating due to the conflict
with Russian-backed separatists in the country’s east.
Last month a grenade launcher was used in a similar overnight attack on
the offices of a Ukrainian television channel owned by a pro-Russian
lawmaker. No one was injured in the attack and police have yet to identify
the perpetrators.
BSS/AFP/SSS/1648 hrs