JAKARTA - Two Molotov cocktails were thrown against the perimeter of the Russian consulate in the port city of southern France Marseille. One projectile exploded.
It is not clear whether the projectile managed to penetrate the wall. BFM TV, reported by Reuters on Monday, February 24, said the Molotov cocktail landed at the consulate park.
Russia demanded a full investigation by France and said the incident looked like an act of terrorism, state news agency TASS reported.
No one was injured, said a security source. The consulate staff remained indoors and the police put up a safety line around the consulate.
The incident in the southern French city took place on the anniversary of the three-year Russian-Ukraine war.
The explosion in the territory of the Russian Consulate General in Marseille has the characteristics of a terrorist attack, reports TASS, citing a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.
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