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France denies involvement in parcel bomb injuring Russian in Central Africa

Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin has accused France of being behind an "assassination attempt" on a Russian cultural attaché in Bangui. AP - Sergei Ilnitsky

A prominent pro-Kremlin figure has claimed France was behind an alleged terror attack in the Central African Republic on Friday which left a Russian representative badly wounded. Paris described the accusation as "propaganda".

The head of the Russian House cultural centre in Bangui "received an anonymous parcel on Friday, opened it and an explosion happened," said a Russian embassy representative, quoted by the official TASS news agency.

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