WARSAW, Aug 25 (AFP) - Poland's embassy in Baghdad was hit on Wednesday by a grenade fired in its direction, without causing any casualties, according to a foreign ministry spokesman in Warsaw.
"A man who got out of a car in a road parallel to the embassy got out a grenade launcher and fired in its direction before fleeing in the same vehicle," he said.
"The grenade hit a wall (of the embassy) without causing injuries or material damage," he said.
Earlier the spokesman told TVN24 television the embassy had been hit twice by shells.
"A chase and an inquiry were launched immediately," he said.
Poland, a US ally, heads a multinational force of 6,500 administering a swathe of Iraq south of Baghdad.
Fourteen Poles have been killed in the country since the start of the US-led war -- 10 soldiers and four civilians.
The number of attacks on Polish interests in Iraq has increased over recent days, with seven people slightly wounded last week during a mortar attack on the force's base.
Polish public opinion remains overwhelmingly opposed to Poland's participation in the US-led multinational force in Iraq.
Poland hopes to reduce the number of troops it has in the country from 2,500 to 1,500 in early 2005.