A parcel bomb killed a legal secretary and injured five other people in a Paris building housing a law firm partly owned by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
A female secretary in the Gouet-Jenselme law practice died and lawyer Olivier Brane was rushed to hospital with serious injuries, officials said. The parcel had been addressed to Brane, they said. Sarkozy, a former lawyer, retains a 30 percent stake in the Arnaud Claude and Associates firm which shares the building.
Paris public prosecutor Jean-Claude Marin said the explosion had no link to Sarkozy. Marin said two devices were delivered in the same parcel and exploded when the package was opened shortly before 1 p.m. (1200 GMT).