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Emperor Declares Day of Mourning After Embassy Explosion

5594.2.22. - Helios - The KGB Embassy to the Republic of Kalopia has been severely damaged following a security breach and subsequent truck bomb detonation within the interior of the building. The truck was positioned so as to completely destroy the building's foundations; whilst foundations have held for now, the rupture was so great as to have torn asunder the top two levels, leaving more than a hundred embassy staff dead or wounded and potentially many more Kalopian civilians in the area where the rubble landed. The Ahmadi State, based in nearby Solentia, claimed responsibility for the attacks and are believed to have perpetrated the terror attack according to the latest evidence, although investigations are ongoing. If true, the Ahmadi State's given reasons for the tragic carnage and terrorism were as a response to Baeguk's decision to intervene and send 450 military and medical personnel to Solentia to assist Kalopia's intervention in the nation.

Of the 429 employees believed to be working at the KGB Embassy in Helios, at least 167 were reported either dead or missing in the hours following the attack. Key figures like KGB Ambassador to Kalopia and strong supporter of the military intervention, Izabel Díaz Zama, were found severely wounded in the rubble and are being given medical treatment by local emergency services. With local Kalopian hospitals backed up, logistical challenges may appear if the afflicted are not transferred to capable facilities. It is the worst and most deadly terror attack in Baegukese history since the year 5300.

In response, His Imperial Majesty the Emperor Hwamu officially declared February 22 a day of mourning in the KGB. His Imperial Majesty will meet personally with the families of those afflicted to console them.

As the death toll mounts in retaliation to Prime Minister Eulji Iseul's controversial decision to pressure the Senate to approve a military intervention in nearby Solentia, polls indicate that she is losing significant political ground. A recent poll of residents in Mirikapa City, Myeoggi Province, found that just 21% of respondents supported Mrs. Eulji's actions. A whopping 71% supermajority of those polled disapproved the action, with 8% being unsure. With the next elections expected to be called no later than 5596, the Hongik Party looks poised to take back Byeokwadae for the first time in more than a decade of solid Co-Prosperity rule.