The incident happened on Thursday evening / Photo from hk.npu.gov.ua

Three people have been injured when an Audi car belonging to Oleksandr Dorovsky, the director general of the Kharkiv-based Zdorovya pharmaceutical plant, exploded in Kharkiv on July 5.

Dorovsky and his two bodyguards were in the car at the moment of the explosion, a source in the National Police told the local news outlet Depo.Kharkiv. All the three had light bodily injuries.

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The incident happened at 54 Hryzodubova Street. Police are working on the spot.

An investigation is under way under Part 2 of Article 15 and Part 2 of Article 115 (attempted assassination) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The punishment for an assassination attempt is up to 15 years in prison.