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Bomb explosions kill police officer and leave 24 injured in Lviv

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  • One police officer was killed and 24 people were wounded after multiple explosive devices detonated at midnight in Lviv, western Ukraine.
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attributed the attack, which involved homemade explosive devices, to Russia.
  • Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi described the incident as a terrorist act, confirming a 23-year-old policewoman died and 12 people remain hospitalised, two in serious condition.
  • The explosions occurred after a police patrol responded to a suspected shop break-in, with a second device detonating shortly after the first.
  • A woman has been detained in connection with the investigation into the incident, according to Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko.
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