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    Two injured in explosion in central Kiev, police say

    Two people were injured on Thursday in an explosion near government headquarters in the centre of Kiev, Ukraine's capital, on the Independence Day holiday, police said.

    Two injured in explosion in central Kiev, police say
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    Investigators and policemen work at the site of an explosion in Kiev, Ukraine

    Olena Gitlyanska, spokeswoman for Ukraine's state security service, said the blast, at around 2 p.m., was most likely an act of hooliganism.

    The local television channel 112 showed a woman lying on the ground in the street near the government building.

    Witnesses told the TV channel that the explosive device seemed to have been thrown from a passing car.

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