Three Explosive artifacts have been thrown on Monday against the facade of the Russia consulate in Marseillein southern France, an attack that coincides with the third anniversary of the War in Ukrainebut that has not caused injuries or important material damage.
According to the ‘BFMTV’ channel, cited by EFE, the events occurred at 07:30, local time. About thirty firefighters moved to the diplomatic legation, as well as several police units, which cordoned off the area. The Marseille Police Prefecture has indicated to the aforementioned agency that the artifacts were Three plastic soda bottles half a liter that were thrown into the garden. “Two of them generated a detonation”the police have specified, which is analyzing the waste.
For now Possible authors have not been identified of the attack or its motivations, but the public channel ‘Franceinfo’ has indicated, citing police sources, that a man was seen around 08:00 in the morning when he fled of the place of the facts. According to this same media, the Marseille Prosecutor’s Office has opened a judicial investigation “for degradation for explosive or incendiary substances.”
In parallel, Russia has demanded from France a “prompt and exhaustive investigation”. “The explosions in the territory of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Marseille They have all the characteristics of a terrorist act“The Russian exterior spokeswoman, María Zajárova.
Precisely this Monday they meet three years since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, beginning a war that has been charged hundreds of thousands of lives since then.
Source: Lasexta
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