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An 'armed and dangerous' suspect in Monday night's Monaco bombing who dressed up as a man to plant an explosive device has been named and pictured.
Anastasiia Berezovska, a 39-year-old woman from Ukraine, has been named as the suspect in an Interpol Red Notice after a blast seriously injured one of Ukraine's wealthiest men, Vadim Ermolaev, a woman, Anna Nasobina, 46, and a 13-year-old boy.
The device, described as a "parcel bomb", has left Mr Ermolaev and Ms Nasobina seriously injured, with one witness claiming to see a woman with "her feet missing" in the immediate aftermath of the attack.
The Interpol Red Notice signals an international alert to law enforcement agencies worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest Berezovska.
The suspect has since been spotted in Germany, a source told the Reuters news agency.
Vadym Iermolaiev was said to have been targeted in the attack due to his ties to Russia.
The Monaco prosecutor today outlined fresh details of the case, describing how a remote control was used to detonate the bomb, believed to have been the work of more than one person.
A car with a German licence plate which went through Italy and other countries was likely to have been used by the suspect, the prosecutor said.
Anastasiia Berezovska, a 39-year-old woman from Ukraine, has been named as the suspect | INTERPOLImages taken from CCTV footage showed the suspect wearing a black bucket hat, a black jacket and white sneakers.
A police source said: "She is armed and dangerous, and thought to be in the company of accomplices.
"She should be approached with extreme caution."
Police said the suspect is under investigation for attempted murder, criminal conspiracy and the planting of an explosive device on a public road with criminal intent.
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Mr Ermolaev's wife, also named Anna, told Suspline: "We are currently in a state of severe stress and are actively cooperating with the investigation and law enforcement agencies."
The boy injured in the blast is believed to be Ms Nasobina's son - he was not severely injured and has communicated with investigators
.Louise, 30, a neighbour of the trageted property, said: "This has shocked all of us because Monaco is supposed to be one of the safest places in the world.
"If the Ukraine war is coming here, that's not good, but I think it was an isolated incident."
The aftermath of the Monaco bombing which injured one of Ukraine's richest people | GETTYRobert, 45, also a neighbour, said: " In Monaco if you're well-off the authorities don’t ask foreign residents too many questions about where their wealth comes from, but I think they'll have to be stricter in future."
Police opened an attempted murder investigation at the time of the attack, but did not qualify it as a terrorism investigation, prosecutor Stephane Thibault said.