Kharkiv supermarket bombings
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The Kharkiv supermarket bombings took place around noon on 22 April 2006 in the Ukrainian
city of Kharkiv
. Two homemade bombs exploded in supermarkets about one kilometer apart. The blasts were about eight minutes apart and apparently came from lockers where customers store packages. 14 people were wounded, at least four seriously.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
city of Kharkiv
Kharkiv
Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...
. Two homemade bombs exploded in supermarkets about one kilometer apart. The blasts were about eight minutes apart and apparently came from lockers where customers store packages. 14 people were wounded, at least four seriously.