A suspect threw an incendiary device that exploded outside the Russian Consulate in Marseille early Monday, authorities said, on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. No injuries were reported.
Three projectiles were thrown over the perimeter wall of Russia's consulate in the southern French port city of Marseille on Monday, two of which exploded, police said.
Russia on Monday demanded a full French investigation into explosions at its consulate in Marseille which it said looked like an act of terrorism, state news agency TASS said. There was no word on any casualties,
Blast comes on third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - it is not yet clear if the incident is linked
Two explosive projectiles detonated outside the Russian consulate in Marseille, France, on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Three projectiles were thrown over the perimeter wall of Russia's consulate in the southern French port city of Marseille on Monday, two of which exploded, Marseille police said.
Two projectiles were thrown at the perimeter wall of Russia's consulate in the southern French port city of Marseille on Monday, one of which exploded, a French security source said. It was not immediately clear if the projectiles cleared the wall.
French authorities say an incendiary device has exploded outside the Russian Consulate in Marseille on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
French authorities say an incendiary device has exploded outside the Russian Consulate in Marseille on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Russia has said that its consulate in Marseille has been hit by an explosion ‘with all the hallmarks of a terror attack’. Russia's consul general in the southern French city Stanislav Oranskiy said on Monday there had been a blast inside the consulate,
While there was no damage or injuries, the Russian consulate's avenue was cordoned off for several hours on Monday to allow bomb disposal experts to intervene.
Two French physicists were on Thursday sentenced to eight months in jail for throwing homemade explosive devices at the Russian consulate in Marseille. The scientists, who work at France's state research agency,
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