MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) – 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.
The incendiary devices were thrown into the gardens of the consulate in France’s second-largest city by population. Investigators were analysing the contents of the three soda bottles that were used as projectiles.
The Kremlin said that Russia was pressing France over security measures following the incident, which Moscow said appeared to be an act of terrorism.
Russia demanded a full French investigation, state news agency TASS reported.
No-one was injured, police added. Earlier, consulate staff had been kept indoors while bomb disposal officers conducted checks.
The incident in the southern French city took place on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“The explosions on the territory of the Russian Consulate General in Marseille have all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack,” TASS quoted Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying.
(Reporting by Marc Leras in Marseille and Dominique Vidalon in Paris, Reuters staff; Writing by Mark Trevelyan and Richard Lough; Editing by Ros Russell and Aidan Lewis)
