Russia has said that its consulate in Marseille has been hit by an explosion ‘with all the hallmarks of a terror attack’. Russia's consul general in the southern French city Stanislav Oranskiy said on Monday there had been a blast inside the consulate,

Three improvised explosive devices were thrown at the Russian consulate in the southern French port city of Marseille on Monday, but no one was injured, a police source said.

Three projectiles were thrown over the perimeter wall of Russia's consulate in the southern French port city of Marseille on Monday, two of which exploded, police said.