Letter bomb sent inside IMF office in Paris causing injuries and panic
BBC – A letter bomb has exploded at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) office in Paris, injuring the employee who opened it, police say.
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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