Explosion in Monaco: main suspect found dead in Ukraine, shot dead

Anastasia Berezovskaya, a 39-year-old Ukrainian citizen suspected of planting a bomb at the foot of the building where the June 29 explosion occurred, has been found dead in Ukraine, we learned on Tuesday, July 7. Two suspects were arrested.

The main suspect in the explosion that occurred at the foot of a building on June 29 in Monaco was found dead, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported on Tuesday, July 7. The latter suffered from shelling.

️ “The SBU confirmed the presence in Ukraine of the body of citizen Anastasia Berezovskaya, whom the authorities of the Principality of Monaco suspected of an attempt on the life of Ermolaev and his family. The suspects in her murder were arrested,” the message states.

“According to the suspect’s testimony, investigators found Berezovskaya’s body with gunshot wounds to the head. Both men were detained on suspicion of committing murder in conspiracy with an accomplice.”

Anastasia Berezovskaya, a suspect in the case of an explosion that resulted in… three seriously injured in Monaco including Ukrainian oligarch Vadim Ermolaev, was in Germany on July 3, his last known residence, according to Monaco authorities.

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According to the red notice issued Interpolthe latter was a 39-year-old citizen of Ukraine and spoke German. A brunette, she also had a “possibly snake” tattoo on her right arm that starts at her shoulder and extends to her elbow, the notice said.

Surveillance camera images of the suspect were posted on social media.

According to the Interpol notice, the suspect was wanted for “attempted murder,” “planting an explosive device on a public road with criminal intent,” and “criminal alliance.”

She was immortalized by surveillance cameras: during her escape, she ran wearing beige trousers, a black top and a bucket hat of the same color, her face remaining partially hidden.

The explosion injured Ukrainian oligarch Vadim Ermolaev, his partner and 13-year-old son. All three were rushed to the hospital; on July 1, the man was already on the verge of life and death. His partner had both legs amputated.