<span style="color: #222222;">In France, a package blast on a pedestrian street in the heart of  city of Lyon today wounded several people .The blast occurred just two days ahead of the country's hotly contested European Parliament elections.<br />'' <br />'' President Emmanuel Macron called the blast an "attack" during a live Facebook interview, adding that no deaths had been reported for the time being.<br />'' <br />'' The area where the explosion occurred, on a narrow strip of land between the Saone and Rhone rivers in the historic centre of the southeast city, was evacuated and cordoned off by police.<br />'' <br />'' Police said 13 people were wounded but none of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening. Meanwhile, a terrorism probe has been opened by the Paris prosecutor's office, which has jurisdiction over all terror cases in the country. France has been on high following a wave of deadly jihadist terror attacks since 2015 which have killed more than 250 people.<br />'' <br />'' </span><br />