No injuries after training grenade explodes in Kyiv cafe.

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A training grenade was detonated in a popular cafe in the center of Kyiv on Aug.

14, causing a loud explosion, locals present said. There were no injuries or damage to the cafe, an employee told the Kyiv Independent. Zigzag, the cafe where the explosion occurred, is located in Kyiv's central Golden Gate neighborhood and is a popular establishment in the area with both locals and foreigners.

Kristina Berdynskykh, who was at Zigzag at the time of the explosion, told the Kyiv Independent that she was sitting at a table and saw a man with something in his hands at the bar. "At first, it was a small sound," Berdynskykh said, "and then (a) huge explosion." A bartender told Berdynskykh that a man had brought the grenade to the bar.

The man left before the police arrived, who said they discovered fragments of the grenade after they arrived. Berdynskykh said she still had the sound of the explosion ringing in her ears after she left the cafe. Ukrainska Pravda wrote, citing sources in law enforcement, that there was no currently no indication of malicious intent connected to the explosion.

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