Explosive device detonated outside Alabama attorney general’s office

Steve Marshall, state's attorney general, says no staff or personnel injured by explosion in Montgomery on Saturday

Officials in Alabama said on Monday they had launched an investigation into the detonation of an explosive device outside the office of the state's attorney general at the weekend.

Thankfully, no staff or personnel were injured by the explosion. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (Alea) will be leading the investigation, and we are urging anyone with information to contact them immediately," the attorney general, Steve Marshall, said in a statement.