The Kharkiv supermarket bombings took place around noon on 22 April 2006 in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. Two homemade bombs exploded in supermarkets about one kilometer apart.[1] The first bomb blast occurred in the YuSI supermarket injuring at least two people. Eight minutes later the second bomb blast occurred in the Silpo supermarket injuring at least six people.[2] The bomb blasts were organized by two people. The two criminals tried to use the bombs as a form of blackmailing to get 50,000 USD out of each supermarket, at least one of the people involved were arrested.[3]
| Kharkiv supermarket bombings | |
|---|---|
 Location on Kharkiv in Kharkiv Oblast | |
 Location of Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine | |
| Location | Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine |
| Date | 22 April 2006 |
| Target | 2 supermarkets |
Attack type | Bombing |
| Weapons | Homemade bomb |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 14 |
| Perpetrators | Unknown |
| Motive | Blackmail |
References
edit- ^ "Ukraine supermarket blasts injure 14 - unconfirmed reports". Interfax. 2006-04-22. Archived from the original on 2006-09-24. Retrieved 2007-01-08.
- ^ "Supermarket Explosions Injure 14 in Ukraine". Fox News. 23 April 2006. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Explosions in Kharkiv supermarket predetermined by blackmail". UKRINFORM. Archived from the original on 2022-01-27. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
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