A letter bomb exploded at the International Monetary Fund office in Paris early Thursday, lightly injuring one person, police said.
(FOX)- Speaking to reporters, Paris police chief Michel Cadot said the device was sent by post and the small explosion was probably cause by a homemade device. He said there had been telephone threats made to the IMF, but it’s not clear whether they were linked to Thursday’s incident.
It is unclear who sent the homemade explosive, which was like a “big firecracker” and sent by regular mail, Cadot said.
French media reported that the person who opened a letter addressed to a senior IMF official that contained an explosive substance.
The secretary who opened the letter was injured by shrapnel in the face and hurt in the eardrum because of a “rather violent noise,” the police chief said.
Christine Lagarde, the head of the IMF, condemned the explosion, saying it was a “cowardly act of violence.”