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Home-Made Bomb Explodes at Greek Government Office |
2012-04-10 |
[An Nahar] A home-made Molotov cocktail went kaboom!in the early hours of Monday in Athens in front of a building housing offices of Greece's Administrative Reform Ministry, police said. The kaboom at 1:52 am (2252 GMT) in front of the ministry annex started a fire that seriously damaged the building's ground floor and a car parked nearby. Greek police blame the country's recent surge in Molotov cocktails on the anti-government protests that have shaken crisis-hit Greece since it began imposing austerity measures under an international bailout. The attacks typically target government buildings, banks, embassies and foreign companies. Last week a group calling itself the February 12 Movement -- the date parliament passed a new round of austerity measures imposed by the EU and IMF -- claimed a late-February Molotov cocktail attempt in the Athens subway, the first attack on the public transport system. Administrative Reform Minister Dimitris Reppas recently announced a series of measures to slash the number of government workers, a move demanded by the country's creditors. |
Posted by:Fred |
#4 That they still have enough fuel and disposable income to make Molotov cocktails has to be a good sign. Not if they're stealing the materials. |
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2012-04-10 21:00 |
#3 I like the Anarchist pic with the article......cute......like a stomach pump. |
Posted by: Alaska Paul 2012-04-10 20:48 |
#2 That they still have enough fuel and disposable income to make Molotov cocktails has to be a good sign. |
Posted by: SteveS 2012-04-10 18:28 |
#1 Adult tantrum as pocket money not handed out. |
Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2012-04-10 11:15 |