Bomb blasts in the Chilean and Swiss embassies in Rome injured two staffers on Thursday, officials said, as Italian prosecutors opened an investigation into a suspected "attack with terrorist aims." Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said the attacks represented "a serious threat" against foreign embassies in the Italian capital.
"We are talking about parcel bombs that in at least two cases exploded," he told reporters. Frattini also warned Italian embassies around the world to be on alert. Police said checks were under way at all the embassies in Rome following the blasts and the city's mayor said emergency services were on the ready. "This is a wave of terrorism against the embassies. It's more worrying than a single attack," the mayor, Gianni Alemanno, told reporters.
"International lines of inquiry are being followed," Alemanno said. The Rome prosecutor's office was quoted by ANSA news agency as saying it had opened an inquiry for "an attack with terrorist aims." Italian news reports said investigators were looking into a possible anarchist link to the blasts as well as the "eco-terrorist movement." An incendiary device was found outside the Swiss embassy in October, calling for the release of three anarchists arrested in April in Switzerland.
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