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Rome on Alert After Parcel Bombs Explode at Two Embassies

23 December 2010 23:58 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Italian authorities are investigating the explosion of two parcel bombs that detonated at the Swiss and Chilean embassies, injuring two people, APA reports quoting foxnews.com website.
Francesco Tagliente, Rome’s police chief, said a third suspicious package found at the Ukrainian embassy was a false alarm. Tagliente addressed reporters as he arrived Thursday at the Chilean embassy, where witnesses said an explosion occurred shortly after 3 p.m., injuring one person.
Three hours earlier, a package bomb detonated inside an office in the Swiss Embassy, wounding a staffer who opened the parcel. The staffer -- who was not immediately identified -- suffered serious hand injuries, but his injuries were not life-threatening, Swiss ambassador Bernardino Regazzoni said.
A source close to the investigation told Fox News that authorities in Rome believe the bombing may be related to anarchists rather than terrorism.