Passenger bus hits landmine in east Ukraine, three dead

[WorldNews]

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At least three people were killed and six injured in eastern Ukraine when a passenger bus hit a landmine in the government-controlled town of Artemivsk, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the separatist stronghold of Donetsk, a police official told AFP. The accident happened when the bus sought to bypass a checkpoint, said Ilia Kiva, a Kiev-loyal deputy police chief in the Donetsk region. More than 6,000 people have died in fighting between pro-Russian rebels and government troops in eastern Ukraine since April.

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