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Greek police say no bomb in Hungary embassy package

09 November 2010 23:35 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. A suspicious package found at the Hungarian embassy in Athens on Tuesday contained no explosives, Greek police said, APA reports quoting â€œReutersâ€.
Greek authorities have blamed leftist militants for a wave of parcel bombs sent to foreign governments and embassies in Athens last week, but the latest incident was a false alarm.
One official said police had planned to detonate the Hungarian embassy package, a large envelope, but decided not to after a thermal camera detected no explosive device.
"In the end, the parcel contained only documents. It was a false alarm," the police official said.
Police, who had earlier cordoned off and evacuated the eight-storey building in central Athens where the embassy is located, said that employees were returning to their jobs.
Last week, a parcel with explosives was intercepted at the German chancellor’s office and another addressed to Italy’s prime minister caught fire when it was checked. Police also intercepted a booby-trapped parcel addressed to French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Greek police said the parcels did not contain enough explosives to harm any recipient seriously.