Explosions near embassies in Chilean capital

Investigators are looking into a pair of explosions which hit downtown Santiago, Chile in the past 24 hours. The first blast was last night at around 10:15pm local time outside a building that houses the British and Israeli embassies as well as Chile’s main tobacco firm. Only minor damage was resulted from the explosion which, according to one news report, was caused by "a small cylinder with exploding powder and a timer".

The second explosion as reported by the local press occurred today at dawn in front of the headquarters of the Partido por la Democracia political party. Much like the first incident only minor damage was caused without any injuries.

At this time it is unknown who is responsible for the blasts nor if they are connected to each other.

Image- La Tercera (A member of the Chilean police is examining the site of one of two explosions in downtown Santiago)

Sources (English)- Guardian UK, CNN, BBC News

Sources (Spanish)- La Tercera