Ikea stores in France, Belgium and Holland attacked with fireworks

Ikea stores in three European countries have been hit by fireworks attacks.
Shops in Holland, France and Belgium were all victims of small explosions yesterday evening.
No serious injuries were reported and the stores were scheduled to re-open earlier today.One of the explosions took place in Son en Breugel, near Eindhoven, Holland, and destroyed a rubbish bin shortly before the store was due to close.A suspicious package was also destroyed at the store but it turned out not to have been an explosive.
In the Belgian city of Ghent, newspaper De Standaard cited a police spokesman as saying there were two explosions inside the store around 6pm.Around 250 people were evacuated to a nearby hotel, with eyewitnesses quoted as comparing the explosions to large firecrackers. An employee and a security guard complained of minor ear injuries as a result of the noise.Meanwhile the furniture retailer's store in Lomme, near Lille, France, was also targeted but no further details were reported.
Ikea spokeswoman Ylva Magnusson, speaking from Helsingborg, Sweden, said yesterday's explosions were all caused by 'small firework devices'.She added that Ikea has received no threats in connection with the incidents.