Two dead as blast rips through peace march in eastern Ukraine

A blast ripped through a crowd of thousands marching for peace in eastern Ukraine, killing at least two and injuring as many as 11 people, the country's Interior Ministry said in a statement.

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The explosion, which is being investigated as an "assassination," occurred near a metro station in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city with some 1.4 million people, at 1:20 p.m. local time, as a massive crowd of participants marched by, police said

One police officer was among those killed; four police officers were among the wounded. Read more...

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