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Two people were wounded in an attack on Penal Colony No. 28 in Torez, Donetsk region, Serhiy Starenky, the head of the Ukrainian State Penitentiary Service, said.

“Donetsk People’s Republic terrorists opened mortar fire on Penal
Colony No. 28 in Torez last night. A surveillance operator, a
22-year-old girl, was wounded. A convict was also wounded. They are
receiving medical assistance. All convicts have been put in a bomb
shelter on the territory of the establishment. No convicts have run
away,” Starenky said on Facebook on Monday, Aug. 4.