Ukraine's SBU Opens Case Over Terrorist Act After OSCE Car Blast in Donbass

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) initiated a criminal case under the article "a terrorist act that killed a person" in connection with the blowing up of a vehicle of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine, the Luhansk region's prosecutor's office said Monday.

KIEV (Sputnik) — On Sunday, law enforcement officials of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) said the explosion hit the observers' car near the Pryshyb settlement in the Lugansk region and, as a result, one SMM member was killed. Later in the day, OSCE Principal Deputy Chief Monitor Alexander Hug confirmed the explosion, adding that the blast killed a US citizen and injured two more people from Germany and the Czech Republic.

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on Sunday launched a probe into an explosion in Pryshyb, Lugansk region that killed a US paramedic and injured two patrol members of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM).

Mingareli told reporters that the EU hoped for a full investigation into the incident, but suggested that Brussels would not be a party to the investigation.