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Explosion hits US Embassy Compound in Kiev, None Injured

  • Police are currently investigating the origins and intent of the attack, but the embassy says it is not considering it a terrorist attack.

    Police are currently investigating the origins and intent of the attack, but the embassy says it is not considering it a terrorist attack. | Photo: Reuters

Published 8 June 2017
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An explosive device was thrown into a U.S. embassy building in Kiev, although the embassy says that "at this time" they don't consider it a terrorist attack.

An explosive device was thrown over the fence into a United States Embassy compound in Kiev, triggering a blast just after midnight, according to a police report.

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The police report has said that nobody was injured in the attack.

"There was no damage to embassy property. No personnel were injured. All embassy operations are continuing as normal. At this time, we do not consider this incident a terrorist act," the U.S. Embassy said on its Facebook page several hours after the attack.

According to the embassy, an investigation is ongoing into the origins of the attack.

Kiev is at the center of a conflict between the Ukrainian military, which receives support from the U.S. against Russian backed separatists.

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