French Authorities Investigating Lyon Explosion as Potential Terror Attack

05/25/2019

French authorities are treating an explosion in the city of Lyon on Friday evening as a possible terror attack. The explosion of what investigators believe was a parcel bomb filled with screws, nuts, and bolts injured seven people, including an eight-year-old girl, around 5:30 p.m. local time in a busy shopping area on Rue Victor Hugo. No one died in the blast.