2025 Ovruch train attack

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2025 Ovruch train attack
Ukranian police at the scene of the 2025 Ovruch attack.jpg
Ukranian police officers working at the train station after the attack
Location Ovruch, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
Date24 October 2025 (2025-10-24)
c. 10:30 a.m.
Attack type
Explosion, mass murder
Weapon Grenade
Deaths5 (including the perpetrator)
Injured12
PerpetratorUndisclosed
MotiveEvading arrest warrant

On the morning of 24 October 2025, a fugitive from Kharkiv detonated a grenade on a train in Ovruch, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, killing three civilian women and a border guard, and wounding 12 other people. The perpetrator also died in the explosion. The attack happened when State Border Guard Service officers were checking passengers’ documents on a diesel train platform. [1] [2] [3] The perpetrator was identified as a 23-year-old man from Kharkiv who had recently been detained for attempting to violate the state border in the western section of the state border. [4] [5]

References

  1. "Four people killed, 12 others injured amid explosive device detonation on platform in Ovruch - National Police". Interfax-Ukraine. 24 October 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  2. "Man kills himself and three women at Ukrainian railway station". Reuters. 24 October 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  3. "Grenade detonates on Zhytomyr Oblast train platform, killing 4". New Voice of Ukraine . Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  4. "Four Dead, 12 Wounded In Blast At Ukraine Train Station". Channels TV. 24 October 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  5. "Explosion at the railway station in Ovruch: 4 people killed". Priamyi . 24 October 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.