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An explosion in Ukraine’s capital has killed two people and wounded five others including a member of parliament, the Interior Ministry said October 26.

The blast happened late October 25 near the entrance to the internet television station Espresso where Ihor Mosiychuk, a lawmaker with the nationalist Radical Party, was making an appearance. The explosion injured five people, including Mosiychuk, and killed his bodyguard and a passer-by.

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