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Letter Bomb Injures Former Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia May 25, 2017 04:46pm |
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| Author | Philip Chrysopoulos |
| News Date | Thursday, May 25, 2017 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A parcel bomb that detonated inside the car of former Greek prime minister Lucas Papademos left him and two other passengers injured on Thursday.
The incident took place at around 6:45 p.m. at the junction of September 3 and Marni streets in central Athens. Papademos, his driver and a security guard suffered minor injuries.
The former prime minister was taken to Evangelismos Hospital with chest and leg injuries. According to Greek police, the explosive device was inside an envelope that he had opened inside the car.
Police say that the perpetrators had mailed a book with the explosive device inside and put “Academy of Athens” as sender on the envelope. The counter-terrorism unit is investigating the post office from where the envelope was sent.
Currently President of the Academy of Athens, Papademos is an economist who served as Prime Minister of Greece from November 2011 to May 2012, leading a provisional government in the wake of the Greek debt crisis. He previously served as Vice President of the European Central Bank (2002-2010) and Governor of the Bank of Greece from (1994-2002). |
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