According to police source to the newspaper La Marseillaise,
About 30 firefighters and police are on site
The Russian Consul General in Marseille confirmed on Monday that there was an explosion inside the Russian consulate in southern France, Reuters advances.
About 30 firefighters and police are on site.
“The explosions at the Russian Consulate General in Marseille have all the characteristics of a terrorist attack,” says the Russian Foreign Ministry quoted by Tass.
two molotov cocktails were thrown into the consulate’s garden. However, there is no damage or injured.
The consulate is located at Avenida Ambroise-Paré, in the 8th arrondissement. Many consulates are grouped in the neighborhood, including those of Egypt, Tunisia, Armenia and Sao Tome and Principe.