Greece suspends foreign air mail service after attacks

Greece has suspended international air mail for 48 hours after several parcel bombs were sent on Tuesday, including one to German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Accoridng to BBC News, an extreme left-wing group is suspected of being responsible.

Parcel bombs and suspicious packages were sent to embassies in the capital, Athens, and international organisations.

Greek police said the air mail service was being suspended to allow checks to be carried out.

A private courier plane, found to be carrying a suspect package from Athens, was re-routed to Bologna airport in Italy on Tuesday night.

The package was addressed to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Greek police said.

When it was exmained at Bologna, the package caught fire. No one was hurt, Italian officials said, and the contents were taken for analysis.

On Tuesday evening, two parcel bombs were destroyed in controlled explosions at Athens airport's cargo terminal. They were addressed to International police organisation Europol in the Netherlands and the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.