Explosion strikes outside UK embassy in Chile

Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 17:22 [IST]

London, July 16: An explosion struck today outside the British embassy in the Chilean capital of Santiago, causing minor damage to the building, a Foreign Office spokesman said.

The spokesman said there were no reports of casualties so far and that an investigation was under way.

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