Saturday, 4 February 2017

Lugansk militia commander killed in car blast - news agency

The car explosion was a terrorist attack, said the militia’s press service.

MOSCOW, February 4. /TASS/. Commander of the Lugansk militia Oleg Anashchenko was killed in a car blast on Saturday, LuganskInformCenter said referring to the militia’s press service.

The car, in which Anashchenko was, exploded in Krasnokazarmennaya Street on Saturday morning, the press service said.

The militia’s press service also said that the car explosion was a terrorist attack.

"On February 4, at 07:50, in Krasnoznamennaya Street, in a terrorist attack - a car blast - was killed head of the Lugansk militia Colonel Anashchenko," the press service said.

Another victims is the person, who was in the car together with the commander. As yet, no reports name the person.

Source: ITAR-TASS 04-02-2017