A bomb blast outside Indonesia's embassy in Paris on Wednesday caused serious damage to surrounding buildings but no injuries, police said, as investigators sought a motive for the attack. "It's a small miracle that there were no victims," a police source said.
The bomb exploded around 5:00 am (O400 GMT), when the streets of western Paris were relatively quiet, blowing out windows in a 50-metre (yard) radius and setting fire to two cars. Police chief Michel Gaudin visited the scene after the blast, accompanied by his chief of staff, who told reporters that a bag had been spotted under the embassy's windows by a worker clearing bins in the street.