Cuban Embassy in Paris Attacked With Petrol Bombs, France Beefs up Security

Cuban Embassy in Paris Attacked With Petrol Bombs, France Beefs up Security
Workers fix the damage at the Cuban embassy following an overnight petrol bomb attack on its building, in Paris, France, on July 27, 2021. Benoit Tessier/Reuters
|Updated:

PARIS—Cuba’s embassy in Paris said on Tuesday it had been attacked overnight with petrol bombs that caused some damage but no injuries to its staff, in an incident that prompted French authorities to beef up security around the building.

Three petrol bombs were thrown by two unnamed individuals, causing a fire on the facade and the entrance of the building, the embassy said in a statement.