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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Pjotr Sauer

Manhunt under way after Ukrainian-born tycoon injured by Monaco bomb

Shot of police working around a building's damaged entrance, which is covered by a tarp
A bomb disposal team at the scene on Tuesday morning. Prince Albert II condemned the bombing as ‘an odious act’. Photograph: Valéry Hache/AFP/Getty Images

An international search is under way for a suspected bomber after a Ukrainian tycoon and his family were injured in an explosion in Monaco in an unprecedented attack that has shaken the normally ultra-safe principality.

Stéphane Thibault, Monaco’s public prosecutor, told reporters that a man entered an apartment block on Monday evening, left a package in the lobby and walked away. Moments later, as three occupants of a ground-floor flat approached the entrance, the package exploded, he said.

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