Posted on 12/14/2004 9:17:28 PM PST by Destro
Albanian terrorists take Greek bus hostages
My Sat news is reporting 2 Albanians took an unknown number of hostages on the bus. Bus driver escaped.
A wave of such terror attacks hit Greece in the 90s.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ned=us&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Bus+hostages+Greece&lr=&sa=N&tab=nw
Islamists?
Just breaking - no further news.
Wed 15 Dec 2004
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=638671
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek police have surrounded a bus filled with passengers that had been seized by gunmen in the Athens suburb of Marathon, Greek police say.
The police said on Wednesday gunshots had been heard, but that they did not yet know who the gunmen were, why the bus had been seized or if they had any demands.
"The bus is stopped, police have surrounded it," a police official told Reuters.
Israeli media reports 25 people on bus.
Thank You.
Oh no. How sad. May God protect them.
Israeli media: Policemen heard a number of shots from the area of the bus, but are unsure if there are any casualties.
Islamists?
Should there be any doubt?
How can this be breaking news when there's real important stuff going on like the Peterson trial and revelations that Bernard Kerik got laid?
Thanks and please update as you can and are willing.
Greek TV reporting shooting inside the bus.
TV image show bush is surrounded by police
Report, I belive is saying this is happening at Marethon.
Quakers...
Lord have mercy, please continue to update as you can and are willing.
Albanians appear to be armed only with shotguns.
Driver and ticket collector escaped.
Right now having tel. interview with woman who was in bakery in front of where happened.
The image is one of a Bus blocked on a road with police cars obstructing.
I just saw an ambulance nter the background.
25 hostages
Greece is seven hours ahead of easter standard time.
it is about 8 am there.
Police moving around.
No demands yet, they don't know what the albanians want.
Albanian terrorists ping.
Gee it never occurred to me that they actually wanted something, other than more land, and lots of killing.
bttt
Israeli Media: police communicating with hostage-takers
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