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Four civilians were killed in the Ukrainian controlled part of northern Donetsk Wednesday when the driver of a passenger bus ran over a mine, according to Russian language news reports.
The unidentified driver attempted to bypass a Ukrainian police checkpoint near Artemovsk by using a dirt road, when the bus he was driving hit the mine. A total of 21 other passengers in the bus were wounded.
The unidentified driver was detained and will be charged with negligent homicide. Ukrainian interior ministry officials were told by the driver that he knew the road was mined because the bus passed a sigh warning of mines. The bus was bound for rebel controlled Gorlovka, and started in Ukrainian controlled Artemovsk.
The bus mine attack was the second on civilians this year. Last January 13th, another bus hit what rebels say was a directional mine near Volnovakha, which killed a total of 12 civilians.
In that mine attack, Ukraine media said that bus was attacked by rebel artillery in a deliberate attack, while rebels said the bus hit a directional mine, similar to a US made Claymore. Russians make their own version of the Claymore mine.
Chris Covert writes about foreign military issues for Rantburg.com. He can be reached at grurkka@gmail.com. Click here for a list of stories in the The 2014 War in Ukraina category.