A suspect has been identified in the investigation into a parcel bombing in Monaco that seriously wounded a sanctioned Ukrainian multi-millionaire and two others.
Monaco’s prosecutor’s office said an arrest warrant has been issued against the suspect, who they say is a foreign national and no longer in Monaco. They added an Interpol red notice would also be issued.
On Monday evening, a person was seen on video surveillance leaving a package in the entrance hall of a building in Monaco. Shortly afterwards, an explosion went off, injuring three people as they entered.
Authorities said the incident was being investigated as attempted murder, not as a terrorist attack.
After the explosion at an apartment building near Monaco’s border with France, a suspect was seen fleeing towards the French commune of Beausoleil.
While the suspect, who was wearing a black hat, was originally thought to be a man, local media outlets have said that the person of interest was a woman who was trying to conceal her identity.
Monaco’s public prosecutor, Stéphane Thibault, did not comment on that but thanked police from Monaco and France for their co-operation which made it possible “to identify, in a particularly short time, the person suspected of having carried out the attack.”
“An arrest warrant has been issued for the suspect, who will be the subject of an Interpol Red Notice from this evening,” the Monaco prosecutor’s office said on Thursday night.
Thibault said an update would be given around 12:00 (10:00 GMT) on Friday.
