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US Embassy Issues Alert After Blast Hits Area Near Consular Agency in Geneva

Commenting on the situation, a Geneva police spokesman stated that the blast was not connected to the consulate and took place because of an electrical malfunction.
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The US Embassy in Switzerland and Liechtenstein has issued a security alert connected, according to their website, with reports of an explosion in the area around the country's Consular Agency in Geneva.

The embassy has urged people to avoid the area and seek shelter if in the vicinity.

Commenting on the incident shortly after, a Geneva police spokesman explained that it was just an electrical fault.

"It was an accident, pure and simple, and there's no connection to the consulate", the police spokesman stated.

According to him, the electrical malfunction triggered a gas explosion.

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