Eight people, including DPR revenues, duties minister, injured in Donetsk blast
There has been an assassination attempt on the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic's (DPR) Revenues and Duties Minister, Alexander Timofeyev, the DPR said on its official website on Saturday.
"There has been an assassination attempt on Deputy Chairman of the DPR Council of Ministers, Revenues and Duties Minister Alexander Timofeyev at the intersection of Myru Avenue and Ulrikh Street at 08:30 a.m. today, September 23. According to sources, Alexander Timofeyev has been hospitalized in grave condition," the website said.
Meanwhile, the press service for the DPR Revenues and Duties Ministry said that the minister's car has been bombed.
"We are not aware where the explosive device was planted. We have just talked to the minister, he's safe and sound," the press service told the Donetsk News Agency.
Eight people were injured in the explosion, the incident site has been cordoned off, employees of the DPR law enforcement agencies and Interior Ministry are working there, it said.
An Interfax-Ukraine correspondent reported earlier on Saturday that two explosions had occurred near Myru Avenue in downtown Donetsk.