Greece’s former PM among wounded in Athens car bomb explosion

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Last Updated:May 25, two thousand seventeen Two:39 PM ET

A police officer walks by a car near the scene of an explosion in Athens on Thursday. Greek police say former prime minister Lucas Papademos and two others were wounded in the explosion. Yorgos Karahalis/Associated Press

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A bomb exploded inwards the car of former Greek prime minister Lucas Papademos in central Athens on Thursday, wounding him and two Bank of Greece employees, officials said.

All three were described as being conscious and hospitalized in stable condition.

“We are all in shock following this act,” said Nikos Pappas, a government minister and close aide to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. “We condemn this appalling activity without reservation and with all our heart wish Mr. Papademos the best.”

Lucas Papademos, shown in Athens in May 2012, was prime minister for six months in 2011-2012 and is a former deputy governor of the European Central Bank. He has non-life-threatening injuries after a car explosion in Athens. (Kostas Tsironis/Associated Press)

Papademos, Sixty-nine, who served as prime minister for six months in 2011-2012 and is also a former deputy governor of the European Central Bank, was inwards his car when the device detonated. Police haven’t officially confirmed reports the blast was caused by a parcel bomb containing a petite amount of explosives.

But a police official, speaking on condition of anonymity because an official announcement hadn’t yet been made, said the explosion occurred when Papademos opened an envelope inwards the car. Anti-terrorism police were at the hospital where Papademos was being treated in order to interview him on the details of the envelope.

There was no instantaneous claim of responsibility for the attack, but Greek politicians have been targeted in the past by militant far-left and anarchist groups.

Greek police experts search for evidence at the scene of an explosion site in Athens. (Yorgos Karahalis/Associated Press)

Earlier this year, a group called Conspiracy Cells of Fire claimed responsibility for sending parcel bombs to the German Finance Ministry and the Paris office of the International Monetary Fund, where a petite explosion injured one person.

Police said Papademos’s police escort had been in a car behind the former prime minister’s vehicle, and that the other two wounded were Bank of Greece employees.

Authorities cordoned off the area, and forensics experts were investigating the scene for evidence. The former prime minister’s car was parked by the side of the road, in front of its escort vehicle. Two of the doors on Papademos’s car demonstrated signs of buckling.

Government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos called the blast an “attack” and said he had been given an update from doctors treating the wounded. He said all were “in a stable condition, are conscious, and are undergoing all the necessary medical tests so that their treatment can be determined.”

“With all out heart, we wish Mr. Papademos and his companions a speedy recovery. The prime minister has been updated about all the events by the minister of public order and he will proceed to receive updates,” Tzanakopoulos said.

A respected economist, Papademos headed a provisional coalition government credited with preventing the collapse of the country’s international financial bailout.

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Greece’s former PM among wounded in Athens car bomb explosion

The Associated Press

Last Updated:May 25, two thousand seventeen Two:39 PM ET

A police officer walks by a car near the scene of an explosion in Athens on Thursday. Greek police say former prime minister Lucas Papademos and two others were wounded in the explosion. Yorgos Karahalis/Associated Press

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A bomb exploded inwards the car of former Greek prime minister Lucas Papademos in central Athens on Thursday, wounding him and two Bank of Greece employees, officials said.

All three were described as being conscious and hospitalized in stable condition.

“We are all in shock following this act,” said Nikos Pappas, a government minister and close aide to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. “We condemn this appalling activity without reservation and with all our heart wish Mr. Papademos the best.”

Lucas Papademos, shown in Athens in May 2012, was prime minister for six months in 2011-2012 and is a former deputy governor of the European Central Bank. He has non-life-threatening injuries after a car explosion in Athens. (Kostas Tsironis/Associated Press)

Papademos, Sixty nine, who served as prime minister for six months in 2011-2012 and is also a former deputy governor of the European Central Bank, was inwards his car when the device detonated. Police haven’t officially confirmed reports the blast was caused by a parcel bomb containing a petite amount of explosives.

But a police official, speaking on condition of anonymity because an official announcement hadn’t yet been made, said the explosion occurred when Papademos opened an envelope inwards the car. Anti-terrorism police were at the hospital where Papademos was being treated in order to interview him on the details of the envelope.

There was no instantaneous claim of responsibility for the attack, but Greek politicians have been targeted in the past by militant far-left and anarchist groups.

Greek police experts search for evidence at the scene of an explosion site in Athens. (Yorgos Karahalis/Associated Press)

Earlier this year, a group called Conspiracy Cells of Fire claimed responsibility for sending parcel bombs to the German Finance Ministry and the Paris office of the International Monetary Fund, where a puny explosion injured one person.

Police said Papademos’s police escort had been in a car behind the former prime minister’s vehicle, and that the other two wounded were Bank of Greece employees.

Authorities cordoned off the area, and forensics experts were investigating the scene for evidence. The former prime minister’s car was parked by the side of the road, in front of its escort vehicle. Two of the doors on Papademos’s car displayed signs of buckling.

Government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos called the blast an “attack” and said he had been given an update from doctors treating the wounded. He said all were “in a stable condition, are conscious, and are undergoing all the necessary medical tests so that their treatment can be determined.”

“With all out heart, we wish Mr. Papademos and his companions a speedy recovery. The prime minister has been updated about all the events by the minister of public order and he will proceed to receive updates,” Tzanakopoulos said.

A respected economist, Papademos headed a provisional coalition government credited with preventing the collapse of the country’s international financial bailout.

CBC News – Greece s former PM among wounded in Athens car bomb explosion

Greece’s former PM among wounded in Athens car bomb explosion

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Last Updated:May 25, two thousand seventeen Two:39 PM ET

A police officer walks by a car near the scene of an explosion in Athens on Thursday. Greek police say former prime minister Lucas Papademos and two others were wounded in the explosion. Yorgos Karahalis/Associated Press

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A bomb exploded inwards the car of former Greek prime minister Lucas Papademos in central Athens on Thursday, wounding him and two Bank of Greece employees, officials said.

All three were described as being conscious and hospitalized in stable condition.

“We are all in shock following this act,” said Nikos Pappas, a government minister and close aide to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. “We condemn this appalling activity without reservation and with all our heart wish Mr. Papademos the best.”

Lucas Papademos, shown in Athens in May 2012, was prime minister for six months in 2011-2012 and is a former deputy governor of the European Central Bank. He has non-life-threatening injuries after a car explosion in Athens. (Kostas Tsironis/Associated Press)

Papademos, Sixty nine, who served as prime minister for six months in 2011-2012 and is also a former deputy governor of the European Central Bank, was inwards his car when the device detonated. Police haven’t officially confirmed reports the blast was caused by a parcel bomb containing a puny amount of explosives.

But a police official, speaking on condition of anonymity because an official announcement hadn’t yet been made, said the explosion occurred when Papademos opened an envelope inwards the car. Anti-terrorism police were at the hospital where Papademos was being treated in order to interview him on the details of the envelope.

There was no instant claim of responsibility for the attack, but Greek politicians have been targeted in the past by militant far-left and anarchist groups.

Greek police experts search for evidence at the scene of an explosion site in Athens. (Yorgos Karahalis/Associated Press)

Earlier this year, a group called Conspiracy Cells of Fire claimed responsibility for sending parcel bombs to the German Finance Ministry and the Paris office of the International Monetary Fund, where a petite explosion injured one person.

Police said Papademos’s police escort had been in a car behind the former prime minister’s vehicle, and that the other two wounded were Bank of Greece employees.

Authorities cordoned off the area, and forensics experts were investigating the scene for evidence. The former prime minister’s car was parked by the side of the road, in front of its escort vehicle. Two of the doors on Papademos’s car demonstrated signs of buckling.

Government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos called the blast an “attack” and said he had been given an update from doctors treating the wounded. He said all were “in a stable condition, are conscious, and are undergoing all the necessary medical tests so that their treatment can be determined.”

“With all out heart, we wish Mr. Papademos and his companions a speedy recovery. The prime minister has been updated about all the events by the minister of public order and he will proceed to receive updates,” Tzanakopoulos said.

A respected economist, Papademos headed a provisional coalition government credited with preventing the collapse of the country’s international financial bailout.

CBC News – Greece s former PM among wounded in Athens car bomb explosion

Greece’s former PM among wounded in Athens car bomb explosion

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Last Updated:May 25, two thousand seventeen Two:39 PM ET

A police officer walks by a car near the scene of an explosion in Athens on Thursday. Greek police say former prime minister Lucas Papademos and two others were wounded in the explosion. Yorgos Karahalis/Associated Press

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A bomb exploded inwards the car of former Greek prime minister Lucas Papademos in central Athens on Thursday, wounding him and two Bank of Greece employees, officials said.

All three were described as being conscious and hospitalized in stable condition.

“We are all in shock following this activity,” said Nikos Pappas, a government minister and close aide to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. “We condemn this appalling activity without reservation and with all our heart wish Mr. Papademos the best.”

Lucas Papademos, shown in Athens in May 2012, was prime minister for six months in 2011-2012 and is a former deputy governor of the European Central Bank. He has non-life-threatening injuries after a car explosion in Athens. (Kostas Tsironis/Associated Press)

Papademos, Sixty-nine, who served as prime minister for six months in 2011-2012 and is also a former deputy governor of the European Central Bank, was inwards his car when the device detonated. Police haven’t officially confirmed reports the blast was caused by a parcel bomb containing a puny amount of explosives.

But a police official, speaking on condition of anonymity because an official announcement hadn’t yet been made, said the explosion occurred when Papademos opened an envelope inwards the car. Anti-terrorism police were at the hospital where Papademos was being treated in order to interview him on the details of the envelope.

There was no instant claim of responsibility for the attack, but Greek politicians have been targeted in the past by militant far-left and anarchist groups.

Greek police experts search for evidence at the scene of an explosion site in Athens. (Yorgos Karahalis/Associated Press)

Earlier this year, a group called Conspiracy Cells of Fire claimed responsibility for sending parcel bombs to the German Finance Ministry and the Paris office of the International Monetary Fund, where a petite explosion injured one person.

Police said Papademos’s police escort had been in a car behind the former prime minister’s vehicle, and that the other two wounded were Bank of Greece employees.

Authorities cordoned off the area, and forensics experts were investigating the scene for evidence. The former prime minister’s car was parked by the side of the road, in front of its escort vehicle. Two of the doors on Papademos’s car demonstrated signs of buckling.

Government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos called the blast an “attack” and said he had been given an update from doctors treating the wounded. He said all were “in a stable condition, are conscious, and are undergoing all the necessary medical tests so that their treatment can be determined.”

“With all out heart, we wish Mr. Papademos and his companions a speedy recovery. The prime minister has been updated about all the events by the minister of public order and he will proceed to receive updates,” Tzanakopoulos said.

A respected economist, Papademos headed a provisional coalition government credited with preventing the collapse of the country’s international financial bailout.

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