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Four killed, 12 wounded in blast at Ukraine train station

Four people were killed and another 12 wounded at a train station in northern Ukraine on Friday, police said, when a 23-year-old man detonated an explosive device during document checks.

"State Border Guard Service employees were checking the documents of passengers on a diesel train. At that moment, one of them took out an explosive device on the platform, which then detonated," the national police service said in a statement, adding that the perpetrator was among those killed.

Ukrainian media reported that the device was a grenade.

Source: Agence France Presse


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