Explosive item kills three swimmers off Ukrainian Black Sea beach

Explosive item kills three swimmers off Ukrainian Black Sea beach
# 15 August 2022 20:12 (UTC +04:00)

Three civilians have been killed and two wounded by an explosive device while swimming in the Black Sea in the Ukrainian southern region of Odesa, local police said on Monday, APA reports citing Reuters.

It said the accident happened on Sunday when several people working on a construction site ignored barriers and warning signs on the beach and went swimming in the sea in the Belhorod-Dnistrovskyi district.

"In the water, as a result of an explosion of an unknown object, three men aged 25, 32 and 53 years old ... were killed," the police said in a written statement.

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