Rome (Agencies)- Two people were injured Thursday in separate, but similar, bomb blasts at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome. It was not immediately clear if the attacks were linked, police said. In the first incident, which took place around midday, a parcel exploded in the hands of 53-year-old Swiss man employed in the mailing department of his countrys embassy in the Italian capital. A few hours later, another package, exploded at the Chilean embassy, injuring an official. The man was 'not in danger and was 'in a good condition, Chilean ambassador Oscar Godoy said. Italian authorities subsequently announced that controls would be carried out at various foreign embassies which, in the meantime, were also warned to be on the lookout for any suspicious parcels or activity at their premises. In Berlin, the German foreign ministry said it had stepped up security at its embassy in Rome. A spokesman declined to give details. Thursdays attacks in Rome came a month after a series of parcel bombs were sent to embassies and European leaders from Greece.