A girl suspected of carrying out a bomb attack in a Monaco apartment constructing last week that seriously wounded a Ukrainian business magnate has been found dead, and two men have been arrested in connection along with her death, authorities said on Tuesday.
The body of Anastasiia Berezovska, 39, a Ukrainian woman who was wanted for the June 29 bombing, was found with gunshot wounds to the pinnacle and pistol cartridges, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office said in a statement on Telegram.
Two men, who had been in touch with Berezovska after she returned to Ukraine on July 1 and who made several transfers to her crypto bank accounts, were arrested on suspicion of murder, the statement added. One among the suspects is a law enforcement officer. The opposite is a current worker of the GUR (the military intelligence service) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in response to the prosecutor general.
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The GUR worker had confessed to killing Berezovska with the opposite defendant, the statement added.
“He also said that he had not informed his superiors about his contacts with Berezovska, the cash transfers, or any of his other actions, and had acted on his own initiative,” it continued.
Each men are suspected of being involved within the bombing plot, in response to Ukrainian authorities, who said a basement room resembling a torture chamber was discovered within the law enforcement officer’s home.
Monaco’s deputy public prosecutor, Morgan Raymond, said during a news briefing last Friday that Berezovska was suspected to have been “disguised as a person” in the course of the attack and will not have acted alone.
Members of a bomb disposal team operate the day after an attack involving an explosive device within the lobby of a residential constructing, in Monaco on June 30, 2026.
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Raymond said the suspect was initially identified as a heavyset person, appearing to be male, wearing a dark, long-sleeved top, light-coloured shorts and a black bucket hat.
A broader review of CCTV footage from previous days and testimony from a witness redirected the investigation toward a lady disguised as a person.
Three people wounded within the explosion last Monday were identified by media as property developer Vadym Yermolaiev and his partner and son. Monaco authorities said they appeared to have been specifically targeted.
Yermolaiev, who took Cypriot nationality seven years ago, was placed under sanctions by Ukraine in 2023, following Russia’s invasion the previous 12 months.
Raymond said Berezovska waited on a park bench for the three people to return from dinner on Monday before taking a parcel bomb out of her bag and placing it on the steps of the constructing where the victims were headed.
“The person turned around to substantiate that the three victims were on the steps after which detonated the bomb using a handheld remote control,” he added, before noting that the suspect’s last known residence was in Germany, and she or he was believed to have fled through France, then Italy, in a rental automotive.
Monaco’s head of state, Prince Albert II, described the blast as “an odious act” and said all public services were mobilized to make sure security.
— with files from Reuters and Global News’ Katie Scott
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