Four Kharkiv bombing victims remain in serious condition

Published Feb. 23, 2015 at 11:40 am

A policeman stands guard close to a body covered in the Ukranian following an explosion during a \"Dignity March\" marking the one-year anniversary of the overthrow of the country's former pro-Kremlin president, in northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, on Feb. 22.

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Four people injured on Feb. 22 bombing in Kharkiv remain in a very serious condition, Kharkiv City Administration reported on Feb. 23.

Among the four is a young man aged 15, who is in a coma, the city’s top health and social welfare official Svitlana Horbunova-Ruban was quoted as saying.

Two of the four injured victims are in very serious condition. The condition of the other two is serious but stable, she said.

A bomb went off during a march near the Sport Palace in Kharkiv on Feb. 22, killing two people. Fifteen people were injured, according to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry.