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Mar 29, 2010
1 dead, 2 hurt in Athens blast
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ATHENS - A POWERFUL bomb exploded in front of an institute for training public officials in the west of Athens late on Sunday, killing a 15-year-old boy and injuring a girl and her mother, police said.
The boy was killed on the spot while his 10-year-old sister was seriously wounded and their mother escaped with slight injuries. Police said the family, Afghan nationals, were probably walking past the building when the explosion occurred.
The girl was rushed to a nearby hospital in critical condition after the bomb placed in a bag went off without warning in the city's busy Patissia district at 10.50 pm (3.50am Singapore time on Monday).
Greek anti-terrorism police cordoned off the area. Attacks on public buildings and businesses are relatively frequent in Athens and the northern city of Salonika, but rarely injure anyone as there are usually warning calls that allow police to clear the area. The last attack to have injured anyone was in October 2009, when six police officers were wounded in a machine gun attack on a police station.
Greece has been rocked by a string of attacks against economic interests and offices of politicians since a youth was killed by a police officer in December 2008. A Greek extremist group last Monday claimed responsibility for three bomb attacks over the weekend that caused damage to the offices of a neo-Nazi movement, the home of a Pakistani and migration offices.
The group, the Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire, said in a message posted on the left-leaning Indymedia website the attacks were a contribution to the ongoing debate in the country on immigration. It said Greece, which has become a major entry point for clandestine migrants, was an 'off-putting example' of exploitation and lack of assistance. -- AFP
Mar 29, 2010
1 dead, 2 hurt in Athens blast
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ATHENS - A POWERFUL bomb exploded in front of an institute for training public officials in the west of Athens late on Sunday, killing a 15-year-old boy and injuring a girl and her mother, police said.
The boy was killed on the spot while his 10-year-old sister was seriously wounded and their mother escaped with slight injuries. Police said the family, Afghan nationals, were probably walking past the building when the explosion occurred.
The girl was rushed to a nearby hospital in critical condition after the bomb placed in a bag went off without warning in the city's busy Patissia district at 10.50 pm (3.50am Singapore time on Monday).
Greek anti-terrorism police cordoned off the area. Attacks on public buildings and businesses are relatively frequent in Athens and the northern city of Salonika, but rarely injure anyone as there are usually warning calls that allow police to clear the area. The last attack to have injured anyone was in October 2009, when six police officers were wounded in a machine gun attack on a police station.
Greece has been rocked by a string of attacks against economic interests and offices of politicians since a youth was killed by a police officer in December 2008. A Greek extremist group last Monday claimed responsibility for three bomb attacks over the weekend that caused damage to the offices of a neo-Nazi movement, the home of a Pakistani and migration offices.
The group, the Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire, said in a message posted on the left-leaning Indymedia website the attacks were a contribution to the ongoing debate in the country on immigration. It said Greece, which has become a major entry point for clandestine migrants, was an 'off-putting example' of exploitation and lack of assistance. -- AFP
