Acting LPR Interior Minister seriously injured after assassination attempt

Acting LPR Minister of the Interior Igor Kornet was put in an intensive care unit after an assassination attempt in downtown Lugansk, a source in regional law enforcement agencies told TASS, Report informs.

"He is seriously injured. There was an assassination attempt. He is in an intensive care unit," the source said.

An explosion occurred in downtown Lugansk earlier on Monday. According to preliminary information, a hand grenade detonated inside a hair salon on Demekhina Street. Five people were reportedly injured, three of them - severely.