Bomb blast in French town

Paris - French police said a small bomb exploded at the town hall of the Atlantic coast tourist town of La Baule yesterday, but…

Paris - French police said a small bomb exploded at the town hall of the Atlantic coast tourist town of La Baule yesterday, but nobody was injured.

Investigators said the attack could be linked to the Breton Revolutionary Army (ARB) which has claimed responsibility for four small-scale bombing or arson attacks since October and wants independence for the north-western Brittany region.

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