Monaco’s judicial authorities have identified the man suspected of carrying out the parcel bomb attack that injured three people in the Principality on 29th June, issuing an arrest warrant and requesting an Interpol Red Notice as the investigation enters a new phase.
In a communiqué issued late on Thursday, the Prosecutor General’s Office announced that a formal judicial investigation has been opened following what it described as the rapid identification of the suspect through the combined efforts of Monaco’s judicial police and international law enforcement partners.
“The quality of the work carried out by the judicial police division of the Direction de la Sûreté Publique, whose responsiveness, combined with effective international criminal cooperation, both police and judicial, made it possible to identify the person suspected of being the perpetrator in a particularly short time,” the communiqué said.
The case has now been placed before three investigating judges, marking a significant procedural step in the criminal investigation. The judicial inquiry has been opened on charges of attempted murder and complicity, depositing an explosive device on the public highway with criminal intent and complicity, and criminal conspiracy.
The appointment of three investigating judges gives the inquiry access to broader investigative powers, including the authority to oversee international judicial cooperation. Within this framework, an arrest warrant has been issued for the suspect, while an Interpol Red Notice was due to be activated on Thursday evening.
The announcement represents the most significant breakthrough since the explosion outside a residential building on Rue du Révérend Père Louis Frolla shortly before 9pm on 29th June.
The attack injured Ukrainian businessman Vadym Iermolaiev, his 13-year-old son and his partner. Prosecutor General Stéphane Thibault said on Wednesday that one of the two adults remained in a life-threatening condition, while the other victims’ injuries were no longer considered life-threatening.
Judicial authorities are expected to provide further details during a press conference at 11.30am on Friday 3rd July in the Supreme Court chamber of Monaco’s Palais de Justice, where investigators are due to present the latest developments in what has become one of the most significant criminal investigations in the Principality’s recent history.
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