Explosions occurred in Lviv near midnight, striking a central shopping street and killing a policewoman while injuring 15 people. The attack occurred after officers responded to a reported break-in.
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Explosions ripped through a central shopping street at around midnight, killing a policewoman and injuring 15 people after officers responded to a reported break‑in
This is clearly an act of terrorism
Two blasts rocked Lviv's historic Old Town in the early hours of Feb. 22, killing one police officer and injuring 25 other victims
One officer was killed and 25 people were injured in the blasts
Two explosions occurred in central Lviv near the Magnus shopping centre, killing a police officer and injuring 24 people
The incident is being investigated as a terrorist attack
Explosions rocked Lviv in the early hours of Sunday, February 22.
Preliminary investigations indicate that improvised explosive devices were detonated.
The explosions happened after patrol officers arrived at the scene.
There was no air raid alert in the city at the time.
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