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An explosion occurred on Monday, shortly after 4:00 p.m., in a building located on Chemin de la Petite-Boissière, in the Geneva district of Grange-Canal. A young girl was seriously injured, the Geneva Public Prosecutor’s Office said in a press release on Tuesday.
The procedure was taken over by the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPC). The latter has sole jurisdiction in cases involving the use of explosives, adds the Geneva judiciary. On Monday, the Geneva police sealed off the area in order to carry out the first steps in the investigation.
Local media reported, Monday evening, the presence of a parcel bomb in the lobby of the building where the explosion occurred.
This case is reminiscent of another, which took place last August in the Geneva district of Saint-Jean, this time. A man was injured in the leg when he picked up a garbage bag placed in front of the landing of his apartment. The bag had exploded in his hands.
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