Explosion in Monaco Injures Three as Authorities Open Cross‑Border Manhunt

Overview

• An explosive device detonated in the hall of a residential building on rue Révérend Père Louis Frolla, leaving three members of the same family wounded with two adults in critical condition and a 13-year-old less severely hurt, according to Monaco officials.
• Investigators called the blast a likely deliberate attack, saying the device probably contained bolts and shrapnel and that CCTV captured a person placing a bag or parcel before fleeing on foot toward Beausoleil.
• Sources reported that the victims are a Ukrainian family and identified one injured man as oligarch Vadim Ermolaev, a detail not yet confirmed by Monaco authorities.
• Monaco activated its 'plan rouge,' deployed firefighters and dozens of security officers, transferred the wounded to hospitals in Nice, and established police cooperation with French services to track the suspect.
• Officials say this is the first incident of its kind in the principality in recent memory and investigators will focus on forensic analysis, surveillance footage and intelligence checks to determine motive and whether other people or residences face risk.