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June 27th, 2017 
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nsnbc : Colonel Maksym Shapoval, the head of Special Forces at the Chief Military Intelligence Office of Ukraine, was killed in a car explosion on the morning of June 27, in the Ukrainian capital Kiev.
The explosion happened Tuesday morning at 8:15 a.m local time, while Colonel Shapoval was driving in a Mercedes through the western sectors of the capital. The car suddenly exploded when Shapoval was passing the intersection of Solomianska and Mechanizatoriv Streets.
Colonel Shapoval was killed on the spot. Shrapnel from the explosion wounded a 27-year-old woman who was taken to hospital with non-fatal injuries, said police spokeswoman Oksana Blyshchyk.
The police spokeswoman refused to comment on whether there have been other individuals that Colonel Maksym Shapoval in the car when it exploded. Police and military police cordoned off the scene and an investigation was launched.
The apparent car bombing could be the latest in a string of attacks against law enforcement and military officials in Ukraine that have occurred in recent months. It is the second car bombing in the capital Kiev within a week.
On March 31, Oleksandr Kharaberiush, a colonel of the State Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) was killed in a car blast in Mariupol in Donetsk Oblast. Kharaberiush was a deputy head of SBU counter-intelligence in Donetsk Oblast.
On June 23, Ukrainian war veteran Sergiy Oliynyk was stabbed to death in an argument with a stranger near the Golden Gates monument in the center of Kyiv. There have been other car bombings recently in Kyiv as well.
On June 23, a businessman was injured when the SUV he was driving exploded on the intersection of Turhenivska and Poltavska Streets in Kyiv’s downtown. The police later said that an explosive device had been attached to the car under the driver’s seat.
And back in July 2016, a similar car blast killed Pavel Sheremet, a prominent journalist of Belarusian origin, in the center of Kyiv. No one has been arrested or charged in connection with the murder.
CH/L – nsnbc 27.06.2017
Source Article from https://nsnbc.me/2017/06/27/fatal-car-bombing-of-ukrainian-military-intelligence-colonel-caught-on-video/
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