Police hunt for suspect after three wounded in Monaco blast
Key takeaways
- Ukrainian oligarch reported to be among injured in explosion at residential building in the Mediterranean principality.
- According to the AFP news agency, Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Yermolaiev was one of those wounded.
- Monaco’s Minister of State Christophe Mirmand initially told AFP that the blast appeared to be “an attack”, but later dropped the term, describing it as a “deliberate explosion”.
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Ukrainian oligarch reported to be among injured in explosion at residential building in the Mediterranean principality.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Monaco police officers patrol near the site of an explosion in a residential building in Monaco, near the French border, on June 29, 2026 [Valery Hache/AFP]By AFP and Reuters Published On 30 Jun 202630 Jun 2026Police in Monaco and neighbouring France are hunting for a man suspected of detonating a makeshift bomb in the centre of the wealthy Mediterranean principality, which seriously injured several people, officials said.
Three people, including a teenager, were hurt in the explosion that struck at about 9pm local time (19:00 GMT) on Monday in a residential building in Monaco, according to authorities in the micro-state on the French Riviera, known as a haven for billionaires and their luxury yachts.