4 killed, 20 injured after bus hits landmine in Ukraine

The driver of the passenger bus veered away from a government checkpoint and instead took a side road near the town of Artemivsk, some 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of the violence-wracked city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, on Wednesday, said Ilia Kiva, a government-loyal deputy police chief in the Donetsk region.

 

"Today (Wednesday), at around 1900 (1700GMT)... a landmine blew up a passenger bus carrying civilians…. The explosion... killed four,” the official added.

 

Ukraine military spokesman, Andriy Lysenko, confirmed that 20 people had been injured in the blast. At least three of the injured remain in serious condition.