This Article is From Jan 08, 2015

Explosion at Kebab Shop Near Mosque in France, No Casualties, Say Officials

Explosion at Kebab Shop Near Mosque in France, No Casualties, Say Officials

This comes a day after 12 people were killed in an attack at a French satirical magazine

Lyon, France: A "criminal" explosion occurred early Thursday at a kebab shop near a mosque in the eastern French town of Villefranche-sur-Saone, officials said, but left no casualties.

"It is a criminal act," a local official told AFP, adding that a police investigation has been opened. No link was suggested with the deadly attack on Paris magazine Charlie Hebdo a day earlier.

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