{"text":[[{"start":6.05,"text":"Prosecutors have identified the main suspect in a bombing that injured a Ukrainian tycoon in Monaco as a woman from Ukraine who is believed to have fled to Germany."}],[{"start":15.2,"text":"A booby-trapped device exploded on Monday shortly before 9pm at a residential building in the tax haven, known for its yachts, Grand Prix and as a magnet for the very rich. A person familiar with the investigation into the incident said Vadym Iermolaiev, a Ukrainian tycoon, was one of the injured. "}],[{"start":35.25,"text":"In a press conference on Friday, a Monaco prosecutor said they had initially believed the attacker was a man but later figured out that it was a woman in disguise. Video surveillance showed the woman scouting the area several times in the days before the attack. "}],[{"start":50.45,"text":"Prosecutors said they were still pursuing the woman who is aged 39, with brown hair, a stout build and a large tattoo on her right arm."}],[{"start":58.95,"text":"“These new images and a witness allowed us to identify her,” said Morgan Raymond, the deputy prosecutor of Monaco. He added that the woman had “purposefully targeted the three people” and appeared to have been helped escape to Germany via Italy and other European countries."}],[{"start":76.6,"text":"The suspect’s last known address is in Germany, and the car used in Monaco in the days before the attack was also rented from an agency in Germany. Authorities issued an international arrest warrant for the woman but did not name her."}],[{"start":90.14999999999999,"text":"German prosecutors said in a statement on Friday that they had searched the suspect’s rented apartment in the west-central state of Hesse, in co-operation with the Monaco police. “Additionally, a vehicle used by the woman was searched and seized,” they said."}],[{"start":104.49999999999999,"text":"The motive for the attack was still unknown, said Raymond. “The relative sophistication of the bomb and the modus operandi suggest the suspect did not act alone . . . there were likely accomplices and those who gave orders,” he said."}],[{"start":119.14999999999999,"text":"Two adults and a child who were hit by the bomb were from the same family, returning home from dinner when it was detonated using a remote-controlled device. One of the three victims was severely injured and remains in a critical condition, according to authorities, while the others incurred less serious wounds. They did not disclose their identities."}],[{"start":136.45,"text":"Iermolaiev’s wife, Anna Iermolaieva, previously told the FT that her family was co-operating with authorities. She said she had not been in Monaco at the time of the incident and declined to provide further information about the victims."}],[{"start":152.79999999999998,"text":"Iermolaiev was known as an influential regional figure and major property developer in Dnipro, a city in south-central Ukraine that hosts some of the country’s largest industries and is key to its defence against Russia. Forbes listed him as the 45th wealthiest Ukrainian in 2021, a year before Russia’s full-scale invasion. "}],[{"start":173.7,"text":"He told Forbes Ukraine that he had renounced his Ukrainian citizenship in 2017 and had held only a Cypriot passport since."}],[{"start":182.14999999999998,"text":"Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy imposed sanctions on Iermolaiev in late 2023 for allegedly doing business with Russian entities in Ukrainian regions occupied by Russia, including Crimea, which was forcibly annexed by Moscow in 2014."}],[{"start":198.2,"text":"A spokesperson for Ukraine’s foreign ministry declined to comment."}],[{"start":203.5,"text":"The bombing shocked residents in Monaco, which many wealthy people see as a refuge offering both privacy and security. Monaco’s Prince Albert II said his thoughts were with the “victims, their families and the residents directly affected by this heinous crime”."}],[{"start":218.75,"text":"Additional reporting by Christopher Miller and Aysun Bora"}],[{"start":228.35,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1783137485_5926.mp3"}