GREECE: Police evacuates Greek finance ministry over bomb threat

Record ID: 356372

  • Title: GREECE: Police evacuates Greek finance ministry over bomb threat
  • Date: 6th August 2010
  • Summary: ATHENS, GREECE (AUGUST 5 2010) (REUTERS) FINANCE MINISTRY EMPLOYEES EVACUATING BUILDING AFTER BOMB THREAT MORE OF FINANCE MINISTRY EMPLOYEES EVACUATING THE BUILDING AFTER BOMB THREAT POLICEMEN SECURING THE AREA OUTSIDE FINANCE MINISTRY DUE TO BOMB THREAT POLICEMAN TALKING ON RADIO OUTSIDE FINANCE MINISTRY FINANCE MINISTRY BUILDING WITH EMPTY STREET POLICEMEN DIVERTIN
  • Embargoed: 21st August 2010 13:00
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  • Location: Greece
  • Country: Greece
  • Topics: War / Fighting,Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA4BHPR545B9NV0SJEUXB4AW6K0
  • Story Text: Police evacuated Greece's finance ministry after a bomb threat just ahead of a news conference by Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou was due to begin on Thursday (August 5).
    A police official told Reuters that the ministry received an anonymous call at 0950 GMT warning that a bomb would go off at 1030 GMT. Police are investigating whether the call was a hoax.
    Employees were evacuated from the building which was cordoned off for checks.
    Hoax bomb threats are frequent in Greece.
    Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou was due to comment on the results of an EU/IMF inspection visit.
    The ministry said that the news conference was postponed until police checked the building and gave an all clear.
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