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Projectiles thrown at Russian consulate in France, one explodes, says
security source

by Reuters

   MARSEILLE, France --

   Two projectiles were thrown at the perimeter wall of Russia's consulate
   in the southern French port city of Marseille on Monday, one of which
   exploded, a French security source said.

   It was not immediately clear if the projectiles cleared the wall. BFM
   TV said the projectiles were Molotov cocktails and that they landed in
   the consulate's garden.

   Russia demanded a full French investigation and said the incident
   looked like an act of terrorism, state news agency TASS reported.

   No one was injured, the security source said. Consulate staff were kept
   indoors and police set up a security perimeter around the consulate.

   The incident in the southern French city took place on the third
   anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war.

   "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.

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