Incident Summary:

04/27/2012: An explosive device placed in a garbage can detonated near a movie theater in Dnipropetrovsk city, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of five coordinated incidents in Dnipropetrovsk city on this date, four of which resulted in 31 total injuries. No group claimed responsibility for these attacks.

GTD ID:
201204270005

When:
2012-04-27

Country:
Ukraine

Region:
Eastern Europe

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Dnipropetrovsk

City:
Dnipropetrovsk

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Bombing/Explosion
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Business
Name of Entity Unknown
Specific Description Cineman
Nationality of Target Ukraine
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage Yes
Extent of Property Damage Minor (likely < $1 million)
Value of Property Damage Unknown
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Explosives Land Mine
Weapon Details
A makeshift coated explosive device of propellant action creating an explosion equivalent to 160 grams of TNT that was hidden in a trash can constructed from reinforced concrete and asbestos to act as shrapnel was used in the attack.
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?Yes
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Additional Information Casualty numbers represent an equal division across 201204270004, 201204270005, 201204270006, and 201204270007.
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Unknown No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 4
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 0 Fatalities / 8 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 0
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 8
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
"27 injured in Ukraine blasts as Euro 2012 looms," Agence France Presse, April 27, 2012.
"Two arrested in Dnipropetrovsk bombings case, says prosecutor's office," Interfax: Ukrainian General Newswire, May 31, 2012.
"Seven people injured in Dnipropetrovsk blasts still hospitalized," Interfax: Ukrainian General Newswire, May 11, 2012.