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| New wave of parcel bombs target Athens embassies |
| 2010-11-02 |
Bombs went kaboom!at the Swiss and Russian embassies in Athens on Tuesday and police found suspect packages at two other embassies in the latest wave of parcel bomb attacks to hit the Greek capital. Police linked the attacks to Greek leftist guerrillas. Small bomb and gas canister attacks have been frequent in Greece since 2008 when the police killing of a teenager sparked the country's worst riots in decades. "A package was handed in at the entrance of the Swiss embassy in Athens today. Checks by our local employees revealed traces of metal," said Swiss foreign ministry front man Georg Farago. "When the external packaging was removed, the contents burst into flames," he said, adding that there were no injuries. Tuesday's parcel bombs included one outside parliament, addressed to the Chilean embassy. Bombs were also found at the Chilean and Bulgarian embassies and one was intercepted at the offices of a courier company addressed to the German embassy. "It seems that this is a continuation of yesterday's attacks and that Greek guerrillas are behind it, but we are still investigating," police front man Thanassis Kokkalakis told Rooters. Another suspect package addressed to the Chilean embassy was found to contain no explosives. "Such deplorable actions terrorize neither the members of parliament nor parliament (itself)," the semi-official Athens News Agency quoted parliament president Filippos Petsalnikos as saying in parliament. "Such actions are unacceptable, contemptible and condemnable." On Monday a parcel bomb detonated at a courier office in Athens, slightly wounding an employee. Greek police then jugged two suspects carrying two more bombs, addressed to French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the Belgian embassy. Police on Monday intercepted a third bomb found at another delivery company and destined for the Dutch embassy. "The prime suspects would have to be the anarchists or far left as usual. If this is it, the story will fade but if there's another flurry tomorrow it's a different matter," said Control Risks Western Europe analyst, David Lea. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 WAFF > BOMBS TARGET [Foreign] EMBASSIES IN GREECE CAPITAL [Athens]. and * SAME > CAMOUFLAGED BOMB SENT TO [German Chancellor] MERKEL FROM GREECE. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-11-02 21:48 |