Blast at Indonesian Embassy in Paris, no injuries

Blast at Indonesian Embassy in Paris, no injuries

Elaine Ganley, The Associated Press, Paris | Wed, 03/21/2012 1:22 PM

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Searching for evidence: Police officers work at the site of a bomb explosion near the Indonesian Embassy, in Paris. A package bomb exploded at the Indonesian Embassy in Paris on Wednesday, causing minor damage but no injuries, police said. (AP/Thibault Camus)

A Paris police official says that a package bomb has exploded at the Indonesian Embassy, causing minor damage but no injuries.

The official says an employee at the embassy discovered a suspicious package Wednesday and stepped back in time before the package exploded. The official says no one was injured.

The official was not authorized to be publicly named according to Paris police policy.

The source of the package is not immediately clear.

Police are on site at the embassy in an elegant neighborhood of western Paris.

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