A parcel bomb exploded in a letter box in Grange-Canal yesterday afternoon. Geneva police sealed off a large section of the area. A child was injured and taken to hospital.
It’s thought there may be a link to the explosion in Saint-Jean over the summer, which injured a man. That man, and the person who lives at the address of this explosion, both work for the same watch-maker.
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Source: WRS News
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