Bombing and Monaco are not words you expect to see in close proximity.
Plus, it appears the bomb was the nastiest type of anti-personnel weapon.
From the Daily Mail, June 30:
One of Ukraine's richest men is said to be fighting for his life after a shrapnel-filled backpack bomb exploded at a luxury apartment in Monaco.
Vadim Ermolaev, also known as Vadym Yermolaiev, sustained life-threatening injuries when he was 'targeted' around 9pm on Monday night.
A second victim, described as a woman in her 50s or 60s, is thought to be Ermolaev's wife Anna. Witnesses say she had 'her feet missing', and was 'slumped over, covered in blood' following the blast.
A 13-year-old thought to be one of the couple's four children suffered less severe injuries, and the three victims were taken to hospital in Nice.
Grim photos from the scene show the blood-splattered entry of the Sun's Palace apartment block on Rue Révérend Père Louis Frolla, near the French border.
An attacker is said to have planted a backpack full of nuts and bolts not long before the explosion.
In the hours after the blast, police were still searching for the suspect, who allegedly fled on foot to Beausoleil, France. They are yet to confirm any arrests....
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The only comparable shock from the principality (besides Princess Grace's death) that comes to mind was the demise of Edmond Safra:
....We've mentioned the disposition of Lilly and Edmond's home a few times:
Mr. Safra's Belle Epoque Monaco Penthouse was flipped by the Candy Bros. for an amount variously reported as $305-$323 Million
