Police in Monaco and neighbouring France were hunting for a man suspected of detonating a makeshift bomb in the center of the Mediterranean principality on Monday (June 29) and wounding several people, a local official said.

Two of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries, Christophe Mirmand, minister of state of Monaco, told BFM TV.

French emergency services deployed to the scene to provide back up and a joint police operation was underway to track down the fugitive, France's interior ministry said.

"No event of this nature has ever happened in the Principality before," Mirmand told the French news channel.

The blast occurred shortly before 9 p.m. (1900 GMT) in the centre of Monaco, a tax-free microstate on the French Riviera known as a haven for billionaires and their luxury yachts.

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Police hunt fugitive after blast in Monaco

VIDEO SHOWS: AFTERMATH OF BLAST AT APARTMENT BUILDING IN MONACO

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1. VARIOUS OF POLICE CORDON

2. VARIOUS OF SECURITY PRESENCE ON STREET

3. SECURITY PERSONNEL STANDING GUARD

4. POLICE VEHICLE ARRIVING / SECURITY STANDING GUARD

5. SECURITY STANDING GUARD NEXT TO POLICE VEHICLE

6. RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS