Two explosions overnight at the tax and customs office in the French Riviera city of Nice injured 11 people and damaged buildings nearby, police said on Sunday.

Police said those hurt were taken to hospital but described their injuries as slight.

The explosions occurred at around 2:30 a.m (0030 GMT) and caused substantial damage to the tax and customs office itself, and shattered windows in nearby buildings in the city centre.

Police said no group had claimed responsibility for the explosions. Authorities several months ago thwarted a plot by a militant separatist Corsican group to attack the same building.

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