Overview
- The blast struck shortly after 2 p.m. as a staffer handled a parcel left in the office mailbox, according to initial official findings.
- The injured person, a 34-year-old son of the agency director, suffered wounds to the arms and chest without life-threatening injuries, and two others present were unharmed.
- The police judiciaire has taken charge of the case, which was transferred to the Cusset prosecutor’s office with a criminal unit, and no suspect or motive has been identified.
- Demining specialists from Lyon arrived by civil security helicopter around 5:30 p.m., found no risk of a second device, and a security cordon was later lifted as forensic teams began work.
- Officials noted a recent claim of vandalism at an Allianz branch in Toulouse, but investigators have not established any link to the Montluçon explosion.