Kharkiv Bomb Blast Claims Another Victim As UN Reports Nearly 6,000 Dead In East Ukraine Conflict
Source: IBT
An 18-year-old student has become the latest victim of the bomb blast that rocked Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv on Sunday. The student died Tuesday morning from head wounds sustained from the bomb attack, which Ukrainian officials blame on pro-Russian rebels.
"He was the fourth innocent Kharkiv citizen to die at the hands of the Kharkiv guerrilla-terrorist organization," wrote Anton Herashchenko, advisor to the Interior Ministry, on his Facebook page, using the term the Kiev government uses to describe pro-Russian separatists.
The blast took place during a peace march to mark one year since the overthrow of Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych. Police Lt. Col. Vadym Rybalchenko and activist Igor Tolmachev were killed at the scene. A 15-year-old boy was taken to a hospital but died from severe head injuries. Since the blast, Ukrainian authorities have said on social media that they have found more bombs around the city and made additional arrests, blaming pro-Russian rebels.
Deaths in the conflict, including from fighting in the port city of Mariupol and around Donetsk, have risen to around 5,800 since the war began in April 2014, including 63 children, according to a UN report released Monday. Another 14,500 people have been injured, mentioned the report.
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