A homemade bomb has exploded outside the Indonesian embassy in Paris, causing some serious damage but no injuries.
The package was discovered by an embassy employee who removed it from the building in Rue Cortambert, in Paris's 16th district, according to a French police source.
The device, which involved a gas cylinder, exploded shortly afterwards, damaging windows and cars.
No group or individual immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Police and fire fighters rushed to the area and sealed off the road where the blast occured.
An Indonesian presidential spokesman on foreign affairs said the government had been informed of a bomb incident.
Coordinating Security Minister Djoko Suyanto said the Indonesian ambassador in Paris reported that the explosion occurred near the embassy, but the target of the bomb was not yet known.
