Local police chief Oleg Anashchenko was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying the bombing is being treated as an act of terror and that police forces have been put on alert.
Denis Pushilin, a top rebel official in the neighboring Donetsk region, warned on Saturday that the attempt on Plotnitsky could signal Kiev’s intentions to renew the hostilities and spread panic in the self-proclaimed republic.
Unlike the neighboring rebel-held region of Donetsk, Luhansk separatist leaders have been embroiled in intense infighting since the hostilities broke out, even targeting each other. …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
