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Several unidentified individuals have thrown hand-held bottle fire bombs at a Turkish cultural association in the southern French city of Marseille, causing minor damage to the building, local media reported Saturday, citing a police source.

Several unidentified individuals have thrown hand-held bottle fire bombs at a Turkish cultural association in the southern French city of Marseille, causing minor damage to the building, local media reported Saturday, citing a police source.

According to Le Parisien newspaper, three or four men hurled four Molotov cocktails at the building situated in the seaside city's north.

Shortly afterwards, they managed to flee in a Peugeot 307 car.

None of the suspected criminals has been detained by police so far.

The Millenium association is usually visited by the local Turkish youth and the Turkish employees working in the city's neighbourhoods, as well as in Marseille itself.

The organization's activity was described on its website as aimed at developing cultural and sporting activities to facilitate the integration of Turkish youth and adults into the French society.