By Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey and Anna Voitenko
KYIV (Reuters) - A&nbsp;man&nbsp;who detonated an&nbsp;explosive&nbsp;device&nbsp;at a&nbsp;court&nbsp;in the&nbsp;Ukrainian&nbsp;capital&nbsp;died on Wednesday&nbsp;after&nbsp;barricading himself inside part of the building, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said, citing "preliminary information."
Two members of a special rapid response security forces unit were hurt during attempts to bring the&nbsp;man&nbsp;under control at the Shevchenkivskyi&nbsp;court&nbsp;in the centre of the&nbsp;capital. Two loud noises were heard during the incident.
Klymenko, briefing reporters at the scene, said the&nbsp;man&nbsp;had "presumably...died from the&nbsp;explosive&nbsp;device".
Writing on the Telegram messaging app, he wrote: "According to preliminary information, he blew himself up."
Klymenko identified the suspect as Ihor Humenyuk and said he had been attending a hearing as a suspect in connection with the deaths of four&nbsp;Ukrainian&nbsp;national guardsmen in 2015.
After&nbsp;the hearing, he said the&nbsp;man&nbsp;had first locked himself into a bathroom and tossed an&nbsp;explosive&nbsp;device&nbsp;at two guards.
Stopped from leaving the building by officers firing into the air, he barricaded himself into another room, Klymenko said. He refused to negotiate with officials and threw another&nbsp;device&nbsp;at the two officers who were injured.
Klymenko said the&nbsp;man&nbsp;was killed in this altercation. An investigation was proceeding to determine how he had been in possession of&nbsp;explosives in the&nbsp;court.
Police had rushed to the scene&nbsp;after&nbsp;reports of the explosion just&nbsp;after&nbsp;5 p.m. and ambulances were seen going in and out of the building.
Video footage showed at least one victim being carried out on a stretcher.
In his statements, the minister made no mention of any link with Russia, which began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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(Reporting by Olena Harmash, Editing by Timothy Heritage, Ron Popeski and David Gregorio)

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Man dies after detonating explosive device at court in Ukrainian capital