Israel says petrol bomb thrown at its Bucharest embassy, no damage

JERUSALEM, June 3 (Reuters) - A petrol bomb was thrown at the Israeli embassy in Bucharest on Monday, causing damage or casualties, Israel's Foreign Ministry said.

It said Romanian authorities had arrested a suspect, "apparently of Syrian origin". He had pulled out, lit and thrown the petrol bomb while undergoing a security inspection, it said.

(Writing by Dan Williams)

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