Car bomb attack in Kharkiv region: five dead identified, body of two-month-old baby searched for

Car bomb attack in Kharkiv region: five dead identified, body of two-month-old baby searched for

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July 8 2024, 08:56 AM  •  14297 views

Five people are dead, including a 5-year-old boy, and the search for the body of a 2-month-old baby continues after a car was hit by an enemy mine near a village in Kharkiv region.

According to preliminary information, five people have been killed, including a 5-year-old boy, as a result of a car explosion by an enemy mine in the forest near a village in Kharkiv region. The search for the body of a two-month-old girl continues, the Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office reported on Monday, UNN reports.

Details

On July 7, in the evening, a VAZ-2114 car exploded on an enemy anti-tank mine near the cemetery on a dirt road in the forest near the village of Tsyrkuny, Kharkiv district. Five people have been preliminarily identified: A 53-year-old driver, a 64-year-old woman (probably the sister of the deceased driver), a man aged about 40 (probably the nephew of the deceased driver), a 25-year-old woman (probably the niece of the deceased driver) and her 5-year-old son

- the prosecutor's office said in a statement.

As noted, the search for the body of the two-month-old daughter of the deceased 25-year-old woman continues.

The bodies were sent to the morgue. DNA examinations will be conducted in the future.

The investigative team continues to work at the scene.

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