Ukraine: Car bomb explodes in capital Kiev, one journalist killed
On the afternoon of July 20, a car bomb explosion occurred in the center of the capital Kiev, Ukraine, killing famous journalist Pavel Sheremet.
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| Journalist Pavel Sheremet was killed in a car bomb explosion. (Source: kyivpost) |
According to the Ukrainian newspaper Pravda, the car that exploded belonged to the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, Elena Pritula. However, Ms. Pritula was not in the car at the time of the explosion.
On his personal Facebook page, Assistant Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Zorjan Shkirijak said the explosion had a capacity equivalent to 400-600 grams of TNT.
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| The scene of the car bomb explosion that killed journalist Pavel Sheremet. (Source: kyivpost) |
According to initial investigation, Kiev police believe this was a targeted murder. Authorities are continuing to investigate the incident./.
According to vietnamplus
