At least 13 wounded in package bomb blast in France’s Lyon

President Emmanuel Macron called a package blast on a pedestrian street in the heart of France's city of Lyon on Friday an “attack” after the device wounded more than a dozen people just two days ahead of the country's hotly contested European Parliament elections.

Police were hunting a man believed to be in his early 30s on a mountain bicycle who witnesses and security cameras saw in the area immediately before the explosion.

The number of injured stood at 13 people, with 11 taken to hospitals, a source close to the inquiry said. None of the injuries was life-threatening.