A Ukrainian military intelligence officer confessed to killing a woman suspected of attempting to assassinate a businessman in Monaco last week, the Prosecutor’s Office and the Security Service (SBU) said on Tuesday.
The woman, identified last week as 39-year-old Anastasiia Berezovska, was suspected of carrying out a bomb attack in Monaco and was found shot dead in Ukraine, police said, adding that an active intelligence officer and an accomplice had been detained on suspicion of her murder.
In a statement, Ukraine's national police said officers had "detained two individuals on suspicion of murdering a woman who was wanted by Interpol," identifying her as "Ukrainian citizen Anastasiia Berezovska."
The announcement comes after authorities across Europe were hunting for the woman suspected of planting a bomb in Monaco that wounded three people, including a Ukrainian-born tycoon and his teenaged son.
Berezovska was wanted in Monaco for attempted murder after she allegedly placed an explosive device on a public road with criminal intent and criminal conspiracy over the explosion on Monday, according to an Interpol Red Notice.
