Col Maksim Shapoval, who was head of a special forces unit, killed and passersby injured in terrorist act, government says

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A high-ranking Ukrainian military intelligence official has been killed by a car bomb in Kiev in what authorities are calling an act of terrorism. READ MORE: Renowned journalist killed in Kiev in car bomb attack

Local media report that the victim was 39 years old and served as the head of the military intelligence special forces reserve. National police, rescue workers, and bomb disposal engineers arrived at the scene of the blast, which has been branded a “terrorist attack.”

At 8:16am local time, police were notified that a Mercedes had blown up, according to Kiev police.
Ukrainian intelligence officer and head of a special forces unit, Maksym Shapoval, is assassinated in Kiev by car bomb.