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France Lyon: 'Parcel bomb' injures pedestrians 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. A suspected parcel bomb has exploded in the centre of the eastern French city of Lyon, injuring eight people.
Those hurt in the explosion on Victor-Hugo Street seemed to have suffered superficial injuries to the lower limbs, reports suggest. Those hurt in the explosion on Victor-Hugo Street, including a girl aged eight, appear to have suffered superficial injuries.
Soldiers sealed the area afterwards as police and explosives experts arrived. A cyclist was seen leaving the parcel outside a bakery on a street corner, reports say.
French President Emmanuel Macron has described the blast in the country's third-biggest city as an "attack". Anti-terrorist prosecutors have taken over the investigation in the country's third-biggest city.
The parcel full of screws, nuts and bolts had been placed on the street, Le Progrès newspaper reports. French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said he had ordered security to be boosted in public places and at major events.
It was left outside a bakery on a street corner by a masked cyclist, unconfirmed French media reports say. What do we know so far?
Victor-Hugo Street lies on a narrow strip of land between the Saone and Rhone rivers in the historic city centre. The device, which was reportedly full of screws, nuts and bolts, exploded around 17:30 (15:30 GMT) on the street in the historic city centre, between the Saone and Rhone rivers.
French media quoted a receptionist at a nearby hotel as saying there had been a "deafening blast".
"I saw people running and panicking and heard several cries," Alexis Saillan told BFMTV.
The mayor of Lyon's 2nd Arrondissement, Denis Broliquier, said he was certain the device had been designed to cause injury.
Several witnesses had told him, he said, that the device had been placed in a bag and left by a man filmed by municipal CCTV.