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Woman Hurt in Mail Bomb Blast

Police in Greece say a women has been injured in a parcel bomb blast at a private package delivery company in Athens.
A parcel bomb exploded at 12:40 p.m. in the hands of a courier company employee in Pangrati as she picked up a package destined for Mexico.  The package had been left by unidentified persons at the Swift Mail courier office a few minutes earlier.
Police immediately launched an investigation and based on descriptions provided by eyewitnesses, quickly spotted another booby-trapped parcel that had been left at another nearby courier service office in Pangrati. The second parcel bomb which was left at the offices of ACS couriers, was destined for the Netherlands.
Two Greek men (photo) were arrested carrying a bomb in a package addressed to French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
The suspects, age 22 and 24, were wearing wigs and carrying pistols and ammunition.  One was wearing a bulletproof vest. The 22-year-old is suspected of being a member of an anarchist group called “Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire.”

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