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THREE IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE devices were thrown at the Russian consulate in the southern French port city of Marseille this morning, but no one was injured, a police source said.
Only two of the three devices detonated in the attack on the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the source said.
The consulate was sealed off by police.
AFP journalists at the scene later heard a detonation caused by a bomb disposal robot.
The Russian foreign ministry denounced what it called a “terrorist attack”.
“The explosions on the territory of the Russian Consulate General in Marseille have all the signs of a terrorist attack,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Russian reporters.
“We demand that the host country undertake exhaustive and speedy investigative measures, as well as steps to strengthen the security of Russia’s foreign missions,” said Zakharova.
On 24 February, 2022, Russian leader Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, setting off the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II.
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