Overview
- Investigators say a device placed in the agency’s mailbox detonated during mail collection shortly after 2 p.m. on November 10 in central Montluçon.
- The victim, a 34-year-old son of the agency director, suffered injuries to his arms and chest, was discharged Monday night, and was scheduled for surgery Tuesday morning.
- The case was transferred to the Cusset prosecutor’s office, which opened counts including attempted murder, damage by explosive, and criminal association, with no suspects, claim of responsibility, or motive identified.
- Demining teams flown in from Lyon by civil security helicopter ruled out a second device, the perimeter was lifted, and police forensic and judicial units processed the scene.
- Media note a recent vandalism claim against an Allianz office in Toulouse on an anarchist site, but authorities have not established any connection to the Montluçon blast.