- Title: FRANCE: A parcel explodes in Paris killing one and injuring several others
- Date: 6th December 2007
- Summary: (W3) PARIS, FRANCE (DECEMBER 06, 2007) (REUTERS) OUTSIDE BOULEVARD THE MALSHEREBES SCENE OF EXPLOSION CORDONED OFF WITH YELLOW TAPE VARIOUS OF POLICEMEN AT THE SCENE
- Embargoed: 21st December 2007 12:00
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- Location: France
- Country: France
- Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
- Reuters ID: LVAEAP53KWBZ1KSMICF6KUGMBIOB
- Story Text: A booby-trapped package has exploded in the building in the centre of Paris where President Nicholas Sarkese's former law firm is located. One person has been killed and several others wounded.
A parcel bomb killed a legal secretary and injured five other people on Thursday(December 6) in a central Paris building housing a law firm partly owned by French President Nicholas Sarkozy.
A secretary in the Gouet-Jenselme law practice died and lawyer Olivier Brane was rushed to hospital with serious injuries, officials said.
The parcel had been addressed to Brane, they said. Sarkozy, a former lawyer, retains a 30 percent stake in the Arnaud Claude and Associates firm which shares the building.
It was also revealed that one of the lawyers for the firm was working on the ongoing high profile Yann Colonna case that has dominated the news in the French media.
The president of the Bar, Christian Charriere Bournazel, said an inquiry will be launched into the cause of the attack.
"We don't know anything more, apart from the fact that there is a lawyer who works for this firm that is involved in the Colonna case, but no links have been established with that and that on the same floor is located the offices of the Shoah foundation. Nothing more is known, an inquiry will be opened, and we are awaiting the details of the case. We are clearly in solidarity with the our colleagues," Bournazel said.
Police said a second package found in the building was in the process of being defused. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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