One Killed in Paris Bombing

Unclear whether this is related to the fact Nicolas Sarkozy's former law firm is located in the same building, but as of now, one person is reported dead in a Paris bombing.

Parcel bomb kills 1 in Paris

A parcel bomb explosion has killed one person and injured at least five others at law offices in central Paris.

The former law firm of President Nicolas Sarkozy is located in the same building as the office where the device exploded, at 52 Boulevard Malesherbes.

A lawyer and his secretary were among those injured, the French news agency AFP reports.

The building also houses The Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah - a Holocaust remembrance body.

French officials said the parcel bomb exploded on the fourth floor - not the one where Mr Sarkozy's old firm is located.

It was addressed to the law office of Catherine Gouet-Jenselme, AFP reported. It was not clear why she may have been the target of an attack.

Another parcel bomb arrived at the same address, but remained unopened, officials said.

French Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie was rushing back from Brussels to visit the scene. She condemned the bombing as a "cowardly, odious act".

UPDATE from Bloomberg.

Police shut off part of the Boulevard Malesherbes and are looking for another bomb, a spokeswoman said.

The police spokeswoman, who asked not to be identified, wouldn't discuss who might have been the target of the explosion.

Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe, visiting the scene, said the bombers ``got the effect they wanted, by killing someone.'' An ``attack inside Paris, in a lawyers' office, is very serious,'' Delanoe said.

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