There was a loud bang in Monaco on Monday. It was a package bomb. It exploded in front of a house. The house is near the border to France. 3 people from a family are hurt. A man, a woman and a child. The man is a rich business man from Ukraine. His name is Vadym Jermolajew. The man and the woman are very badly hurt. The 13 year old child has small wounds. They are now in a hospital in Nizza. The woman is still in great danger.
The police look for the attacker. A camera shows a man with a bag. He puts a package at the door. Then the bomb explodes. The bomb has screws and metal parts in it. The man runs to France on foot. The police from Monaco and France work together. They want to find the man very fast. There is no sign of a terror attack yet. The state lawyers investigate a murder attempt.
Fürst Albert der Zweite finds the crime terrible. He says: All people in Monaco are shocked. Such a thing never happened here before. Vadym Jermolajew lives in Monaco since 2021. In Ukraine people blame him for bad things. Maybe he did business with Russia in the past. The experts look at all facts now. They check for more threats. Many rich families from Ukraine live in Monaco. People call them the Monaco-Bataillon.