According to him, two men aged 48 and 59 were detained in the port area after holding a pro-Ukrainian rally. "One of them is suspected of throwing explosive devices at the Russian Consulate General," the report says.
According to the TV channel, the two detainees "were not previously known to law enforcement agencies."
Earlier, the Consulate General of the Russian Federation informed TASS that unknown persons on Monday morning threw three objects on the territory of the diplomatic mission, two of them exploded. There were no casualties as a result of the incident, and there was no material damage to the Consulate General building. The police had previously cordoned off the area, which was examined for several hours by sappers who carried out two controlled explosions of suspicious objects. The Marseille Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into "damage caused by explosives or incendiary substances." The head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to open a criminal case into the attack on the Russian Consulate in Marseille. news.rambler.ru.
