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24Aug17

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Explosion hits central Kiev on Independence Day

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Two people have been injured in the explosion of an unidentified object in central Kiev, the press service of the Kiev police reported on Thursday.

"At 14:06 the police received a report on the explosion of an unidentified object on Grushevsky Street. A man and a woman have sustained injuries," the police said.

A TASS correspondent reported from the scene that the explosion occurred between the House of the Government and the Dynamo stadium. Representatives of the Ukrainian Security Service, bomb-disposal experts and ambulances have arrived at the scene. National Police head Sergey Knyazev is at the scene of the accident as well.

[Source: Itar Tass, Kiev, 24Aug17]

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