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.

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,

Two arrested after Molotov cocktails thrown at Russian consulate in Marseille sparking fire - By 9.30am, there were some 30 emergency workers dealing with a fire inside the consulate