Greek group claims it mailed parcel bomb to German finance minister


  • World
  • Thursday, 16 Mar 2017

FILE PHOTO: German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble arrives at a euro zone finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium December 5, 2016. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo

ATHENS (Reuters) - The militant Greek group Conspiracy of Fire Cells has claimed responsibility for a parcel bomb mailed to German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, police said on Thursday.

The parcel was mailed to Schaeuble from a post office branch in Athens but was intercepted by the German finance ministry's mail department.

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