At least 8 people, mostly policemen, were wounded after a massive explosion occurred near a checkpoint in Quetta, Balochistan Province, Pakistan. Both first aid and police teams were dispatched to the scene.
Police reported that security guards were the intended target of the blast, and the injured were taken to Quetta Civil Hospital.
Andriy Portnov, former aide to ex-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, was shot dead in Madrid’s upscale Pozuelo de Alarcon district. Spanish authorities say unidentified gunmen opened fire as the 52-year-old was dropping off his children at school, striking him in the back and head before fleeing.
Portnov, a former MP and lawyer, fled Ukraine with Yanukovych in 2014, briefly returned in 2019, and was later sanctioned by the U.S. for alleged judicial corruption.
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