Official: Bomb blast in Ukrainian church wounds 9
By APWednesday, July 28, 2010
Official: Bomb blast in Ukrainian church wounds 9
KIEV, Ukraine — An Emergencies Ministry official in Ukraine says a bomb blast at a southern Orthodox church has wounded nine people, including one seriously.
Yulia Barysheva told The Associated Press Wednesday that a homemade explosive device detonated near the entrance to the church, in the southern city of Zaporozhye.
The blast comes on the day the former Soviet nation marks the anniversary of its conversion to Christianity in 988 AD.
Nationalist groups have protested the visit of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kiril, who is on the second to last day of an eight-day visit. There was no official word of a motive.
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