Two people are hurt in a blast caused by an “unknown object” in central Kiev Thursday as Ukraine celebrated Independence Day, officials say, suggesting it could be the work of hooligans.
The incident, which occurred as US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was visiting the country, occurred near the site of a military parade.
“At 1406 (1206 GMT) we received information about an explosion of an unknown object,” a police statement says.
“A man and a woman received bodily injuries,” it says, adding that investigators and explosion experts were working at the scene on Grushevskogo street, near the building of the Ukrainian government.
Officials quickly cordoned off the area and the wounded individuals were taken away, an AFP correspondent says.
Spokeswoman for the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) tells AFP that “so far our first version of the blast is hooliganism.”
— AFP
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