Bomb explodes outside
Greek Environment Ministry
February 24, 2008 2:45 PM
ATHENS, Greece-A bomb exploded outside Greece's Ministry of Environment
and Public Works on Sunday, causing slight damage, officials said. No injuries
were reported.
The bomb went off at 4:50 p.m. (1450 GMT) and smashed some windows at
the ministry. Twenty-five minutes earlier, an unknown man had called daily
newspaper Eleftherotypia to warn of the impending explosion.
"A bomb will go off in 25 minutes," he said. "This is not a hoax, inform
people immediately."
The ministry's general secretary for Public Works and a few employees
working at the time were evacuated by police.
Police officials, who found the remains of the bomb at a nearby trash
can, said its makeup was similar to that of other bombs detonated by terrorist
organizations "Popular Revolutionary Action" and "Revolutionary Struggle."
The latter has targeted ministries before and on January 12, 2007 fired
a rocket at the U.S. Embassy. Police said they expect a statement by either
organization in coming days.
"The government unequivocally condemns actions such as today's bomb
attack on the Ministry of Environment and Public Works, actions that are
aimed against democracy itself," government spokesman Theodoros Roussopoulos
said. |