8 Parcel Bombs Are Found in Greece
By NIKI KITSANTONISMARCH 21, 2017
ATHENS — Greek counterterrorism officers have uncovered eight parcel bombs resembling those sent last week to the German finance minister in Berlin
and to the Paris offices of the International Monetary Fund, a police official said on Tuesday.
The parcel bombs sent to Mr. Schäuble and to the I.M.F.’s offices in Paris bore the names of two Greek opposition lawmakers
who are broadly perceived in Greece as backing the bold economic changes being pushed by the country’s creditors.
According to reports in the Greek news media, which Mr. Chronopoulos did not confirm, the packages intercepted
at the Athens sorting office were addressed to European Union officials and to multinational companies.
The targets reportedly included the leader of the eurozone group of finance ministers, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who coordinates meetings on Greek bailout talks,
and an unidentified official of the European Central Bank, one of Greece’s three main international creditors.
A Greek extremist group called Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire claimed responsibility for the parcel addressed to Mr. Schäuble
but made no reference to the Paris attack or to any other possible targets.
German said that The packages were destined for European countries,