Authorities on Friday were on the hunt for a Ukrainian woman suspected of planting a bomb in Monaco that injured three people, including a Ukrainian-born tycoon, according to an Interpol Red Notice TurkicWorld reports via arabnews.
Identified as Anastasiia Berezovska, 39, the suspect is wanted in Monaco for attempted murder, placing an explosive device on a public road with criminal intent, and criminal conspiracy, according to the notice.
The bombing has sent shockwaves through Monaco, an ultra-secure microstate near Nice in southern France that is a playground of the world’s ultra-rich.
On Monday evening, an individual left a package in the entrance hall of a small apartment building near the French border.
Shortly afterwards, an explosive device went off in the hall just as three residents — a couple and a 13-year-old — were entering.
The suspect, who was captured on CCTV wearing a black fisherman’s hat, was initially believed to be a man.
The Monaco authorities have not confirmed the victims’ identities, but according to consistent sources, the attack targeted Vadym Yermolaiev, 58, a wealthy businessman originally from Ukraine and now a Cypriot national, as well as his partner and his son.
The couple were seriously wounded.
The suspect, a woman with dark shoulder-length hair, appears in two photographs released by Interpol.
The notice says the woman has a tattoo on her right arm, “possibly” depicting a snake, and that she speaks German.
The Monaco prosecutor’s office said late Thursday a suspect in the attack had been identified, without providing further details.
The child was admitted in non-critical condition to the Lenval children’s hospital in Nice, while the two adults were taken to Nice University Hospital (CHU).
By Wednesday, the man was no longer in critical condition, although the woman’s condition remained unstable.
A resident of Monaco since at least 2021, Yermolaiev has been subject since December 2023 to sanctions in Ukraine over his business activities in Crimea, which was annexed by Russia.
