Homemade bombs explode outside Greek AFP bureau

Wed Dec 3, 2008 6:26pm GMT
 
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ATHENS (Reuters) - Two homemade gas-canister bombs exploded at the entrance of the Athens office of French news agency Agence-France Press (AFP) on Wednesday without causing any injuries, police and witnesses said.

A police official said no-one had claimed responsibility for the attack, which caused only minor damage. Small homemade bomb attacks by self-proclaimed anarchists are a regular occurrence in the Greek capital.

"We heard two small explosions at the office door," said AFP reporter Eleni Koliopoulou. "There were two of us in the office and we were evacuated by the fire department. We are both OK."

The police official said there was no warning given before the attack and the office was unguarded.

(Reporting by Dina Kyriakidou and Renee Maltezou; Editing by Richard Balmforth)

 
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