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An explosion has been reported outside a post office in Rome in what police believe is an "act of protest". | |
No injuries were immediately reported after the blast, which damaged a nearby car and sparked panic among workers at the Poste Italiane office. | |
Investigators believe it may have been caused by two remote-controlled devices, Il Giornale reported, but the target was unclear. | |
The homemade devices used flammable liquid and were placed between cars in a car park in Via Marmorata, which links the River Tiber with the Pyramid of Caius Cestius in central Rome. | |
Police told reporters there was no immediate suspicion of terrorism, with officers believing the blast was an "act of protest". | |
The perpetrators were suspected of links to an arson attack in a warehouse on the southern outskirts of Rome. | |
Security in the Italian capital has been heightened following a series of Isis-linked terror attacks across Europe, with the terrorist group singling out Rome as a symbolic target in its propaganda. | |
Letter bombs have also been found in Paris, Germany and Greece after being sent by a Greek anarchist group to EU ministers and financial institutions. |