A source attributed the explosion to someone trying to send a part of a grenade launcher by mail.

A parcel exploded at a postal office in Kyiv’s Solomyanskyi District on Oct. 30, injuring five employees, Kyiv police reported.

“As a result of the incident, five postal workers were injured, and medical personnel are providing them with assistance,” the police said. “An investigative team, police bomb technicians, and medics are working at the scene. All circumstances of the incident are being established.”

The Ukrainian media outlet Ukrainska Pravda reported, citing a law enforcement source, that the explosion took place at an office of Ukrposhta, the state-owned postal service.

The source attributed the explosion to someone trying to send a part of a grenade launcher by mail.

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