A suspect has been identified in the investigation into a parcel bombing that seriously wounded a sanctioned Ukraine-born multimillionaire and two others in Monaco, the principality\u2019s prosecutor\u2019s office said Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn arrest warrant has been issued for the suspect, who will be the subject of an Interpol Red Notice from this evening,\u201d the prosecutor\u2019s office added.<\/p>\n
France\u2019s Le Figaro daily and BFMTV said the suspect, who was captured on CCTV wearing a black fisherman\u2019s hat, is believed to be a woman who tried to pass as a man.<\/p>\n
Monaco\u2019s public prosecutor, Stephane Thibault, did not address this in his statement but announced a press briefing for shortly before noon on Friday.<\/p>\n
He praised Monaco\u2019s police forces and \u201ceffective international criminal cooperation, both police and judicial,\u201d which made it possible \u201cto identify, in a particularly short time, the person suspected of having carried out the attack\u201d.<\/p>\n
A judicial investigation for attempted murder and several other charges has been opened and entrusted to three investigating judges.<\/p>\n
On Monday evening, an individual left a package in the entrance hall of a small apartment building just steps from the French border.<\/p>\n
Shortly afterwards, an explosive device went off in this hall just as three residents \u2013 a couple and a 13-year-old \u2013 were coming in, and they were injured.<\/p>\n
The Monaco authorities have not confirmed the victims\u2019 identities, but according to consistent sources, the attack targeted Vadym Iermolaiev, 58, a wealthy businessman originally from Ukraine and now a Cypriot national, as well as his partner and his son.<\/p>\n
The latter was admitted in non-critical emergency condition to the Lenval children\u2019s hospital in Nice, while the two adults, whose lives were in danger, were taken to Nice university hospital.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, the man was no longer in a life-or-death situation, but the woman\u2019s condition had not yet stabilised.<\/p>\n