A small explosive device was found Friday outside a synagogue on the Mediterranean island of Corsica, police said. The wick had burned out and the device failed to explode. Passers-by discovered the device on the steps of the Beth Meir synagogue in Bastia, on the northeastern edge of the French island. Officials said the explosives it contained were weak.
The device “thankfully would have caused only very minor damage to the door of the building if it had exploded,” said Gilbert Payet, the top official of upper Corsica. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Corsica is frequently hit by small-scale bombings, but usually they are waged by separatists targeting government buildings and other symbols of the French state. The bombs are generally planted overnight, a tactic to avoid casualties
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