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MIL-FRANCE-BOMBING
Bomb explodes at French military facility in Nice
PARIS, Oct 10 (KUNA) -- A bomb exploded early Friday outside a French
military barrack in the southern French city of Nice, causing one injury and
minor damage, security sources confirmed.
The explosion took place at around 06.00 local time, damaging doors to the
barracks and shattering nearby windows.
The injured person was a civilian who worked nearby.
No one has claimed responsibility for the blast but suspicions are likely
to fall on Corsican separatists who have been especially active these past
months.
While the separatists, grouped around the National Front for the Liberation
of Corsica (FLNC), mostly attack French targets on the Mediterranean Island,
they do occasionally move on to the mainland for high profile attacks in times
of increased tensions.
The failure of recent initiatives by the conservative government -
including a referendum that went badly wrong for French authorities - has led
to an upsurge in clashes on the island and to increasing violent attacks
against police and Gendarmes posted there. (end)
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