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| Four blasts within minutes of each other have rocked the centre of the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk, injuring at least 15 people in what prosecutors believe was a terrorist attack. | Four blasts within minutes of each other have rocked the centre of the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk, injuring at least 15 people in what prosecutors believe was a terrorist attack. |
| A spokeswoman for the emergency situations ministry, Yulia Yershova, said on Friday the first blast occurred at a tramway stop in the centre of Dnipropetrovsk, injuring five people. The second injured seven people outside a cinema, while the third wounded three near a railway station. | A spokeswoman for the emergency situations ministry, Yulia Yershova, said on Friday the first blast occurred at a tramway stop in the centre of Dnipropetrovsk, injuring five people. The second injured seven people outside a cinema, while the third wounded three near a railway station. |
| A fourth blast was also heard in the city centre, the interior ministry said. It was unclear whether anybody was injured. | A fourth blast was also heard in the city centre, the interior ministry said. It was unclear whether anybody was injured. |
| President Viktor Yanukovich said the blasts were a "challenge" for the country, according to Russia's Interfax news agency. | President Viktor Yanukovich said the blasts were a "challenge" for the country, according to Russia's Interfax news agency. |
| "We … understand that this is another challenge to us, to the whole country," Yanukovich, who was visiting the southern Crimea region, said. "We will think how to respond accordingly." | "We … understand that this is another challenge to us, to the whole country," Yanukovich, who was visiting the southern Crimea region, said. "We will think how to respond accordingly." |
| The interior minister, Vitaly Zakharchenko, and other top law enforcement officials were flying to Dnipropetrovsk. A spokesman for the prosecutors, Yuri Boichenko, said investigators were treating the blasts as a terrorist attack. | The interior minister, Vitaly Zakharchenko, and other top law enforcement officials were flying to Dnipropetrovsk. A spokesman for the prosecutors, Yuri Boichenko, said investigators were treating the blasts as a terrorist attack. |
| In January 2011, two pre-dawn explosions took place outside an office of a coal mining company and a shopping centre in the eastern city of Makiyivka with no casualties. | In January 2011, two pre-dawn explosions took place outside an office of a coal mining company and a shopping centre in the eastern city of Makiyivka with no casualties. |
| The authorities said they had received letters from unknown assailants demanding money in exchange for not carrying out any further attacks. They were treating the blasts as acts of terrorism. | The authorities said they had received letters from unknown assailants demanding money in exchange for not carrying out any further attacks. They were treating the blasts as acts of terrorism. |
| Ukraine is hosting the European football championships in June, but no games are planned to be held in Dnipropetrovsk. | Ukraine is hosting the European football championships in June, but no games are planned to be held in Dnipropetrovsk. |
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