A terrorist attack - consul on shelling of Polish consulate in Ukraine

This was a terrorist attack. The shell fired at the Polish consulate in Lutsk, north-western Ukraine, hit the building centimetres above the living space where one of our employees was, Poland's consul Krzysztof Sawicki told PAP.

(mr/awol) PAP/Darek Delmanowicz / Polish consulate under security after the attack (Luck, Ukraine) (mr/awol) PAP/Darek Delmanowicz

"A man was sleeping there at the moment of the attack. If the shell had hit 20 centimeteres lower, we would have had a tragedy", Sawicki told PAP in a telephone conversation.

"This was probably a grenade launcher. The shell hit the last floor and left ap. 70-centimetre hole", the consul told PAP earlier on Wednesday.
 
The incident took place about thirty minutes after midnight local time (Tuesday, 2330hrs CET). Security guards were the only persons at the consulate. No one was injured. More to come. Stay tuned ...(PAP)
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