Posted on 12/08/2011 8:12:26 PM PST by Qbert
An Italian far-left group has claimed responsibility for a letter bomb sent to Germany's top banker, police say, adding that further explosives may still be in the post.
State police said it was possible that the "terrorist left-wing anarchist" group had sent other bombs in addition to one intercepted on Wednesday addressed to Deutsche Bank CEO Josef Ackermann at the bank's Frankfurt headquarters.
"In the intensive search for evidence, authorities from the Hesse state crime office found a hidden, rolled up letter written in Italian," police said in a statement.
"In it, the 'FAI - Federazione Anarchica Informale' (Informal Anarchist Federation) claimed responsibility for the attempted letter bomb attack against Dr Ackermann. The authors spoke of 'three explosions against banks, bankers, ticks and bloodsuckers'.
"Based on that one must assume that another two mail bombs may have been sent," police said.
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The brown envelope addressed to the Swiss-born Ackermann arrived at Deutsche Bank's mailroom and was X-rayed after it raised suspicion among staff. It contained a live bomb, police said on Thursday.
A police spokesman said FAI's claim of responsibility had been found in the envelope.
Media reports said Ackermann was not in the building at the time.
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ANGER AT BANKS
A spokesman said Deutsche Bank had stepped up security as a result of the incident but declined to give further details.
The case came amid mounting anger in Europe over the role of banks in the eurozone debt crisis and the turmoil's impact on the economy at large.
The chairman of the German Police Union, Rainer Wendt, said the attempted attack must be taken "very seriously".
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"Federazione Anarchica Informale' (Informal Anarchist Federation)... spoke of 'three explosions against banks, bankers, ticks and bloodsuckers'.
Gee, I wonder who inspired this?...
Maybe the British media, with their gobs of opinion editorials spouting victimology for Italy and libels against Germany and France coupled with demands for more money from them to Italy.
we should probably get used to this crap
Anarchist Federation??
Isn’t that supposed to be an oxymoron?
They could have just planted an eCat in the bank lobby.
As the Occupy movement was a direct reactionary response tothe Tea Party we can conclude the Tea Party is responsible for this and using the transitive property Sarah Palin is to blame as well.
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