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.
The incendiary devices were thrown into the gardens of the consulate in France’s second-largest city by population. Investigators were analyzing the contents of the three soda bottles that were used as projectiles.
The Kremlin said on Monday 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, Marseille police added. Earlier, consulate staff had been kept indoors while bomb disposal officers conducted checks.
“The explosions on the territory of the Russian Consulate General in Marseille have all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack,” state news agency TASS quoted Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying.
The incident took place in the southern French port city on the third anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war.
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