The bombing in Monaco

Information: Ukrainian oligarch injured in Monaco bombing

Three people have been injured in an explosion in Monaco, several media outlets report.

A couple in their 50s and 60s are being treated for life-threatening injuries, while a 13-year-old has been taken to hospital with minor injuries. According to information to AFP, one of the injured is Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Yermolayev.

No one has been arrested, but police are hunting a suspected perpetrator.

– It is likely a terrorist attack, says Prime Minister Christophe Mirmand, according to Le Monde.

Police hunt suspect in hat after the attack

Police are still searching for the man suspected of the bombing in Monaco on Monday night, where several people were injured, Reuters reports. French police are also participating in the hunt.

According to French and Ukrainian media reports, the intended target was pro-Russian Ukrainian businessman and oligarch Vadym Yermolayev. He has been living in Monaco since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and has been subject to Ukrainian sanctions since December 2023.

According to Le Figaro, surveillance cameras show a man leaving a backpack at the entrance to a building shortly before the explosion. BFMTV reports that the man was wearing light-colored pants, a black jacket and a black hat that partially hid his face. He then left the scene on foot in the direction of the neighboring town of Beausoleil

The prince on the attempted assassination in Monaco: "A heinous crime"

In an Instagram post, Monaco's Prince Albert II calls Monday night's bombing of a building in the country "a heinous crime" and "a shock to all of Monegasque society".

According to sources including Le Figaro and AFP, the attack was aimed at pro-Russian Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Yermolayev, reports TT.

Initially, it was reported that a man and a woman had suffered life-threatening injuries after the attack. Later, prosecutor Stephane Thibault stated that the man's condition had stabilized, but that the woman was still being treated for life-threatening injuries, writes AP. Several media outlets have reported that the man is Yermolayev.

The incident is being investigated as a suspected attempted murder. According to Reuters, police are hunting a man who is seen on surveillance footage placing a bag at the entrance to a building shortly before the explosion.