Three improvised explosive devices were thrown at the Russian consulate in the southern French port city of Marseille on Monday, but no one was injured, a police source said.

Russia has said that its consulate in Marseille has been hit by an explosion ‘with all the hallmarks of a terror attack’. Russia's consul general in the southern French city Stanislav Oranskiy said on Monday there had been a blast inside the consulate,

The Russian Consulate in Marseille was in lockdown on Monday morning following explosions inside. Emergency workers were inside while special forces police and soldiers secured the perimeter of the building in the southern French city.