TWO POLICE OFFICERS were wounded in a Kyiv district court today as a man who was brought to attend a hearing blew himself up, officials said.“An offender died at the scene. According to preliminary information, he blew himself up,” interior minister Igor Klymenko said on social media.“Their lives were saved by their shields,” he added.
The court was cordoned off and there were a number of ambulances outside, an AFP reporter at the scene said.Two ambulances were seen leaving the court building. Around 20 armed policemen in helmets were seen entering the premises. “According to preliminary information, an unidentified device was detonated by a man who was brought to the court hearing,” Klymenko said earlier.