Russian Diplomat Hospitalized In Mail-Bomb 'Terror Attack'

"Russian government has said one of its diplomats stationed in the Central African Republic was hospitalized Friday after opening a letter bomb, which detonated upon opening. "Dmitry Sitiy, who runs the Bangui branch of Russian House, a state-funded cultural center that promotes Russian culture around the world, collected a parcel addressed to him from a DHL office earlier on Friday, according to a source in the Russian Embassy cited by news agency RIA Novosti," The Moscow Times writes." ZH

Poland Demands Answers After 'Gift' Police Chief Received From Ukraine Officials Exploded

"Poland's police chief Jaroslaw Szymczyk was hospitalized after a "gift" package that he
received exploded, according to international reports, after a recent string of similar exploding mail and package incidents across Europe believed related to the war in Ukraine. 

Poland's Interior Ministry confirmed, "Yesterday at 7:50 a.m., an explosion occurred in a room adjacent to the office of the Police Chief." It's said that Szymczyk only sustained minor injuries. "During the Police Chief's working visit to Ukraine on December 11-12 this year, where he met with the heads of the Ukrainian Police and Emergency Situations Service, he received some gifts, one of which exploded," the statement detailed." ZH