Bomb threats irritate
Syntagma Square in central Athens was evacuated early yesterday after what proved to be a bomb hoax, while nobody had yet claimed responsibility for setting off a small homemade bomb outside the Development Ministry in Athens late on Thursday, causing minor damage. Thursday’s bomb, which was controlled by a timing device, exploded at 10.30 p.m. It was placed in a flowerpot outside the ministry’s parking garage. An anonymous caller contacted the Eleftherotypia newspaper half an hour earlier giving warning of the explosion. Full Story