The Ukrainian woman suspected of being behind the bomb attack on an oligarch in Monaco has been found de@d near Kyiv after being shot.
The body of Anastasiia Berezovska, 39, was discovered around 11.00pm on July 6, Pravda newspaper claimed. There was no immediate official confirmation from the authorities.
Female Monaco bombing suspect
She was shot de@d by two Ukrainian law-and-order officials, who have since been arrested, according to an investigative source.
One is a serving officer in Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence service, and the other a policeman, said the source.
Berezovska is suspected of leaving a package in the entrance hall of an apartment building on June 29 around 9pm local time, before fleeing the scene on foot and then driving to Germany.
Female Monaco bombing suspect
Sanctioned Ukrainian millionaire Vadym Yermolaiev, his mistress and his son were all seriously injured in the attack.
An Interpol Red Notice had been issued for Berezovska, who speaks German and was wanted for attempted murder, placing an explosive device on a public road with criminal intent and criminal conspiracy.
Monaco’s deputy prosecutor Morgan Raymond said she had been disguised as a man when she allegedly carried out the attack.
Following the explosion, Yermolaiev’s partner, London-based Ukrainian Anna Nasobina, 46, is fighting for life after her legs were amputated due to her injuries. The couple’s son, Ariel, 13, also sustained minor injuries.
Female Monaco bombing suspect
Reports indicate that Berezovska arrived in Ukraine on July 1.
Two suspects were detained after her body was discovered, including a serving military intelligence officer, said the news outlet, citing a law enforcement source.
‘One of them is a current officer of the Main Intelligence Directorate [GUR], the other is a former law enforcement officer.’
The oligarch – one of Ukraine’s richest men who had given up his citizenship – emerged from a coma after the blast. But it is believed Nasobina remains seriously ill.
Initially it was thought that Ermolaev’s wife, Anna Ermolaeva, 56, had been wounded, but she was not in the country at the time of the blast.
There are suspicions that the bombing could be related to disputes over a call centre business in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, which involved Ermolaev and his adult son Artur, 35.