A car bomb that exploded this morning in the courtyard of a building in downtown Nicosia, Cyprus which houses the Israeli Embassy, caused no casualties, officials here said today. But there was damage to the building, to cars parked nearby and to nearby shop windows.
According to reports from Nicosia, the blast occurred at 10:30 a.m. local time when an explosive device in the trunk of a car detonated. The car, said to belong to a rental agency, was parked in the lot about a half hour before the explosion, the reports said.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing. There have been several shootings and bombings in Nicosia over the past year of a terrorist nature.
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