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France Lyon: 'Parcel bomb' injures pedestrians | |
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A suspected parcel bomb has exploded in the centre of the eastern French city of Lyon, injuring at least eight people. | |
Those hurt in the explosion on Victor-Hugo Street seemed to have suffered superficial injuries to the lower limbs, reports suggest. | |
Soldiers sealed the area afterwards as police and explosives experts arrived. | |
French President Emmanuel Macron has described the blast in the country's third-biggest city as an "attack". | |
The parcel full of screws, nuts and bolts had been placed on the street, Le Progrès newspaper reports. | |
It was left outside a bakery on a street corner by a masked cyclist, unconfirmed French media reports say. | |
Victor-Hugo Street lies on a narrow strip of land between the Saone and Rhone rivers in the historic city centre. |