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'Explosion at kebab shop near mosque in France, no casualties'

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AFP Lyon (France)
A "criminal" explosion occurred early today 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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First Published: Jan 08 2015 | 3:00 PM IST

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