False bomb threat at Israeli consulate
Israel's consulate in the southern French port city of Marseille was temporarily evacuated on Tuesday when a bomb disposal squad found a mock device placed in a van parked outside.
Police were alerted after an anonymous caller telephoned in a bomb threat, and found a pressure cooker with protuding wires and marked with a radiation warning sticker in a Renault van parked outside the Israeli mission.
The area was cordoned off and specialist officers investigated, but the wires were found to be attached to a car radio hidden in the pot, and radiation tests proved negative, a police official said.
The alert was called off an hour-and-a-half after it began.
The bomb threat came as world leaders gathered in New York for a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly at which the Palestinian authority will seek recognition as a state despite Israeli opposition.
Please keep comments civil, constructive and on topic – and make sure to read our terms of use before getting involved.
Please log in here to leave a comment.