Monaco blast injures businessman and family in suspected terror attack
An explosive device packed with bolts and pellets tore through a Monaco residence, injuring Ukrainian businessman Vadym Yermolaiev, his partner and their 13-year-old child.
A blast at a residential building in Monaco injured Ukrainian businessman Vadym Yermolaiev, his partner and their 13-year-old child after an explosive device ripped through the property near the French border. Monaco police and French authorities were searching for a suspect who fled into France as officials treated the case as a possible terrorist attack.
The explosion happened at about 9:00 pm local time on 29 June 2026, and the device appeared to contain bolts and pellets. Such materials turn a bomb into a shrapnel weapon, increasing the risk of severe injury to anyone nearby.
Christophe Mirmand, Monaco’s government chief, said state services were being mobilized with French authorities and described the explosion as the first such act in the history of Monaco. Prince Albert II condemned the blast as a heinous crime and a shock to the Monegasque community.
Yermolaiev is a real estate or construction developer who left Ukraine several years ago and later became a citizen of Cyprus. Ukraine sanctioned him in December 2023 over business activity that Ukrainian security services linked to Russian-occupied Crimea.
Three people were injured in the blast: Yermolaiev, his partner and their child. The adult victims were in serious or life-threatening condition, while the 13-year-old’s injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
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