Rome - package bombs exploded in Swiss and Chilean embassies in the capital on Thursday, two people injured and concerns of possible terrorist attacks in the country shopper-packed streets before the Christmas holidays.
The police are investigating whether violent anarchist groups behind the attacks of are, said Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni, following similar attacks in Greece last month.
A spokesman for Italy Police Department said law enforcement officers wore controls on other embassies in Rome. There was a false alarm at the Ukrainian Embassy.
The attacks highlight concerns that the threat of terrorist attacks in Europe has escalated. British police arrested 12 men in a counter-terrorism operation on Tuesday. Earlier this month, a suicide bomber in Stockholm in nearby streets of Christmas shopper exploded, visited the first serious attempt by Islamic extremists of targeting civilians in Sweden.
Parcel bombs exploded in the embassies in Rome, damage Chile and the Switzerland two people, and a suspicious package was examines city Ukrainian Embassy. Video courtesy of Fox News.At the Swiss Embassy to noon by a staff worker, Swiss Ambassador Bernardino Regazzoni said in a TV interview the first package in Rome opened. The employee has violated "difficult" with his hands hospitalized, but its State not life-threatening, said Mr Regazzoni.
The Swiss Consulate in Milan after the attack see additional security set.
Getty Images is a police shut off of Chilean embassy plot exploded Thursday were bomb.The second parcel bomb exploded at the Chilean Embassy at 3 pm
No one has claimed responsibility for the bombings. "We are investigations, wear," said Colonel Maurizio Mezzavilla of the Carabinieri, Italian military police.
Chilean Foreign Minister Alfredo Moreno called the injured Embassy workers as César Mella, add the injuries were minor. Mr Moreno said security other Chilean embassies in Europe was blinged is. Chilean authorities do not know who the bomb or saying why it was sent.
The Rome public prosecutor's Office has launched a probe into the bombs in the life a person said close to investigators.
The bombs follow other unrest in Italy. Wednesday broke students protest a bill aimed at the Italian University System overhaul of the country's main streets and brawls filled in the southern city of Palermo in Sicily. Last week, a similar protest turned violent in Rome.
On Tuesday a fake bomb was found, on empty train travelling in Rome u-Bahn in what police said also endeavor, the University to protest could have been into account.
Gianni Alemanno, Mayor of Rome's said "I think this the same source as the Rome Metro have found" reporters after talking to the Swiss Ambassador.
The Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini told reporters Italy of his diplomatic offices abroad was warnings.
-Carolina pica in Santiago, Chile, contributed to this article.Write toLiam Moloney at liam.moloney@dowjones.com
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