Citoyen de la République
2003-07-20 16:29:54 UTC
Les explosions ont été faites par des fascistes xénophobes qui ne respectent
pas le suffrage universel.
pas le suffrage universel.
7/20/2003 10:11 AM
Two explosions rock Mediterranean resort city of Nice
PARIS (AP) - Two explosions rocked central Nice early Sunday,
slightly injuring at least 16 people and damaging several government
buildings, fire and rescue workers said.
The cause of the explosions, which took place five minutes apart,
was not immediately known.
Local officials said they were not ruling out any leads, including the
possibility that Corsican separatists - who have been known to
target the Treasury building - were behind the blasts.
The blasts Sunday damaged the Treasury and Customs buildings in
the Riviera resort city in southern France.
Finance Minister Francis Mer, whose ministry operates the two
buildings, said in a statement that the explosions had resulted from
"cowardly attacks."
The force of the explosion, which could be heard three miles away,
shattered windows across a 150-yard radius and destroyed several
nearby shops and parked cars.
The first blast took place at about 2:30 a.m. Firefighters arrived at
the scene just as the second explosion took place.
Authorities called in demining units to search the sites for additional
explosives. Investigators were also examining the type of explosives
used.
Officials said 16 people were slightly injured, including a police
officer. One person remained under observation at a hospital late
Sunday morning.
Last September, the FLNC, one of the main Corsican separatist
groups, claimed responsibility for a failed attempt to bomb the same T
reasury building. Authorities disarmed the explosive before it went off.
On Friday, an FLNC subgroup known as Combatants' Union said it
had ended a 6-month-old truce after a French court convicted eight
Corsican separatists for the 1998 killing of the highest official on the
French Mediterranean island.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-07-20-nice-blasts_x.htm
Two explosions rock Mediterranean resort city of Nice
PARIS (AP) - Two explosions rocked central Nice early Sunday,
slightly injuring at least 16 people and damaging several government
buildings, fire and rescue workers said.
The cause of the explosions, which took place five minutes apart,
was not immediately known.
Local officials said they were not ruling out any leads, including the
possibility that Corsican separatists - who have been known to
target the Treasury building - were behind the blasts.
The blasts Sunday damaged the Treasury and Customs buildings in
the Riviera resort city in southern France.
Finance Minister Francis Mer, whose ministry operates the two
buildings, said in a statement that the explosions had resulted from
"cowardly attacks."
The force of the explosion, which could be heard three miles away,
shattered windows across a 150-yard radius and destroyed several
nearby shops and parked cars.
The first blast took place at about 2:30 a.m. Firefighters arrived at
the scene just as the second explosion took place.
Authorities called in demining units to search the sites for additional
explosives. Investigators were also examining the type of explosives
used.
Officials said 16 people were slightly injured, including a police
officer. One person remained under observation at a hospital late
Sunday morning.
Last September, the FLNC, one of the main Corsican separatist
groups, claimed responsibility for a failed attempt to bomb the same T
reasury building. Authorities disarmed the explosive before it went off.
On Friday, an FLNC subgroup known as Combatants' Union said it
had ended a 6-month-old truce after a French court convicted eight
Corsican separatists for the 1998 killing of the highest official on the
French Mediterranean island.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-07-20-nice-blasts_x.htm