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Paris IMF letter bomb injures one employee

16 March 2017 16:34 (UTC+04:00)
Paris IMF letter bomb injures one employee

By Trend

A letter bomb has exploded at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) office in Paris, injuring the employee who opened it, police say, BBC reports.

The IMF employee received hand and face injuries, and staff were evacuated.

IMF director Christine Lagarde condemned the "cowardly act of violence" against IMF staff.

In another development, the German finance ministry in Berlin intercepted a parcel bomb sent to Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Wednesday.

A Greek far-left group, the Conspiracy of Fire Cells, said on a website that it had sent the German device.

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