Molotov at the Russian Consulate in Marseille, two CNR researchers confess

Two researchers from the French CNR are said to be behind the two explosions that followed the throwing of Molotov cocktails against the building of the Russian Consulate in Marseille on Monday morning, and they have admitted their responsibilities, the local newspaper La Provence revealed.

Stopped by the police a few hours after throwing "explosive" bottles into the gardens of the Russian consulate - without causing any injuries or damage - the perpetrators of the action, two researchers from the CNRS (the French CNR) supporters of the Ukrainian cause, confessed everything. Yesterday morning, three bottles were thrown over the black door of the Russian consulate and the very loud noise of an explosion was heard throughout the neighborhood, where other consular offices are also located. A security perimeter was immediately set up by the police, officers arrived with anti-explosive dogs and robots capable of identifying the presence of dangerous devices. In addition, about thirty firefighters and bomb disposal experts. The officers found two 50-centiliter soft drink bottles in the garden, the contents of which are still being analyzed by the forensic laboratories. Today, the two were arrested and the CNRS researchers were identified, who admitted their responsibility.