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Monaco Issues Arrest Warrant for Suspect in Parcel Bomb Attack on Developer
Authorities issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for a suspect in the June 29 parcel bomb explosion in Monaco that wounded a sanctioned real estate developer, his partner and their son. An Interpol red notice is also being issued. The case is being treated as attempted murder.
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Monaco authorities issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for a suspect in a parcel bomb explosion that wounded three people on June 29 and said an Interpol red notice would be issued the same evening. The suspect is a foreign national who has left the principality. The blast occurred in the entrance of an apartment building in the evening.
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Vadym Yermolaiev, 58, his partner and their 13-year-old son were injured. Yermolaiev, a Cypriot real estate developer who renounced Ukrainian citizenship in 2019, maintains major interests in the wine and alcohol business in Russian-annexed Crimea and has been under Ukrainian sanctions since 2023.
As of July 1, Yermolaiev was no longer in a life-or-death condition while his partner's condition had not stabilized; the boy suffered only minor injuries.
CCTV footage showed a person wearing a dark bucket hat fleeing the scene toward the French commune of Beausoleil. French media reported the suspect is a Ukrainian woman in her 30s. Public prosecutor Stéphane Thibault declined to comment on that description but said further details would be released on Friday.
Monaco prosecutors are investigating the incident as attempted murder rather than terrorism. Prince Albert II described the attack as a heinous crime. The prosecutor's office credited rapid cooperation between Monaco and French police for identifying the suspect.
