Four-year-old child and pregnant woman among those in a serious condition after strike on seafront park in Black Sea port city
Odesa’s ‘Harry Potter castle’ hit in Russian missile attack that killed five
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A Russian missile attack on an educational institution in a popular seafront park in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa, known locally as ‘Harry Potter castle’, on Monday killed at least five people and injured 32, local officials said. The previous death toll was four.
The building is reportedly the residence of prominent former MP Serhiy Kivalov, who was among those said to have been injured in the strike.
Regional governor Oleh Kiper said that in addition to those killed in the attack, one man died after suffering a stroke attributed to the strike.
Kiper said eight of the injured were in serious condition, including a four-year-old child. Among the injured were another child and a pregnant woman.
“Our doctors are trying to do their best,” he added.
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