Greek police bomb disposal experts on Thursday detonated a parcel bomb addressed to the French embassy in Athens. This occurred after being alerted by a courier service’s employees in the Kallithea district of Athens about a suspicious package.
Additionally the bomb experts also received calls from another courier service in Markopoulo about five more parcels addressed to embassies.
The first parcel was reported by the ACS courier office in Kallithea and the other five by the UPS courier service in Markopoulo. Another team of bomb disposal experts are on their way to the UPS service.
The suspect package was detonated with a controlled explosion and was found to have contained an explosive device hidden in a book. The device was in a package that had the return address as the Archbishop of Athens.
(source: ana-mpa)
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