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The woman suspected of carrying out a parcel bombing in Monaco which injured a sanctioned Ukrainian multi-millionaire and his family has been found dead, Ukraine's security service (SBU) has said.
A cross-border manhunt had been launched for Anastasiia Berezovska, a Ukrainian woman who officials believed had fled the wealthy city-state after planting the bomb in the entrance hall of an apartment building on 29 June.
The 39-year-old's body was found buried in a forest in the Kyiv region with gunshot wounds to the head, according to the SBU and Ukraine's prosecutor general.
Two people including a current officer within Ukraine's Ministry of Defence (MoD) have been detained on suspicion of murder.
Berezovska arrived in Ukraine two days after the attack on 1 July, the SBU said in its statement, citing law enforcement sources.
Two suspects met Berezovska in a car on a highway in the Kyiv region two days later, the office of Ukraine's prosecutor general told the BBC.
"The victim traveled a certain distance with them, after which she was killed."
The SBU said she had communicated with her family and two men after entering Ukraine - a former law enforcement officer and a current officer in the MoD's main intelligence directorate.
The two men were investigated as possible accomplices in the Monaco attack based on information that they repeatedly transferred funds to Berezovska's "crypto and bank accounts".
The intelligence officer subsequently confessed to Berezovska's murder and said he had done so with "another suspect", the agency said.
"Both suspects were detained on suspicion of committing murder with premeditation by a group of individuals."
An investigation is ongoing with the "personal assistance" of the head of the intelligence directorate Oleg Ivashchenko.
The SBU said a basement room "resembling a torture chamber" had also been found during a search of the former law enforcement officer's home in the Kyiv region.
Ukraine's prosecutor general said it had "no evidence" the room had been involved in Berezovska's case and that it "simply reflect[s] the profile of one of the suspects".
His office released a video of the room, which showed a mat dotted with what appear to be small spots of blood. Two axes, a pickaxe, tarpaulin spread on the floor and a large bag are also visible.
