Attack in Greece: Police seeking the "flaw" in the security

Greek anti-terrorism police Friday trying to find the fault in the monitoring system that allowed a parcel bomb sent to the offices of the minister in charge of security where it started the day in Athens, making a death. Investigators are seeking "the fault is the weak link" that permitted the parcel to reach the 7th floor of the department, office of the Minister of Citizen Protection Michalis Chryssohoïdis, told AFP a spokesman of the police Thanassis Kokkalakis.

"We do not know if human error or technical, it's too early to attribute the problem to negligence," said Kokkalakis. "No place in the world can be 100% secure," he pleaded. The spokesman for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday that France was "on the side of Greece in the fight against terrorism." Paris has condemned the attack.
The Chief Security Minister, George Vasilakis, 52, was killed when he opened the parcel, described as a "small box". He was then in his office, located about ten meters away from the minister who was there at the time, police said.

Access to the ministry, also the seat of the police, is subject to two checks, but they do not contain specific system for detecting explosives. The parcel bomb contained a mixture of 500 grams of powder and ammonium nitrate, and mine have also found the remains of a battery, and a hook designed to activate the explosion when opening the package, has they said a police source. The package was addressed to Mr. Chryssohoidis.

"For a bomber, entry is nearly impossible, but to pass a package is easier," commented radio Vassilis Doumas, police union official in charge of controls. He has not ruled out that the package has been made of the permanent policy of the Minister by a collaborator, an argument also raised by the media.
In anticipation of a claim, the police "does not track," said Kokkalakis. "The most probable is that of homegrown terrorism, but it is only going up the path of the package that could move," he said.
Prime Minister Georges Papandreou reiterated Friday in Parliament that it was a "terrorist attack", occurred while Greece is facing a serious economic and social crisis, forced to cure a severe austerity unpublished to escape bankruptcy. Investigators do not immediately ventured to designate any specific group of Greek extremist movement, lack of precedent in the procedure.

Mr. Chryssohoïdis was responsible for the same portfolio at the time of decommissioning in 2002 the group "historic" Greek November 17, responsible for twenty murders since 1975. The Minister, who stated his desire to regain control of a police accused of amateurism, has been credited with the blow in April the group Revolutionary Struggle (EA), with the arrest of six militants.

On the list of terrorist organizations of the European Union and the United States, EA has claimed since 2003 fifteen attacks, including a barrage in which one policeman was seriously injured in January 2009.
The group of extreme left had also signed an abortive bomb attack in May 2006 against the car of a predecessor's Conservative Chryssohoidis. Other extremists have attacked police targets since the death in December 2008 in Athens to a teenager killed by a policeman, a blunder that caused urban riots in the country.
Greek anti-terrorism police Friday trying to find the fault in the monitoring system that allowed a parcel bomb sent to the offices of the minister in charge of security where it started the day in Athens, making a death.Investigators are seeking "the fault is the weak link" that permitted the parcel to reach the 7th floor of the department, office of the Minister of Citizen Protection Michalis Chryssohoïdis, told AFP a spokesman of the police Thanassis Kokkalakis. "We do not know if human error or technical, it's too early to attribute the problem to negligence," said Kokkalakis. "No place in the world can be 100% secure," he pleaded.The spokesman for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday that France was "on the side of Greece in the fight against terrorism." Paris has condemned the attack.The Chief Security Minister, George Vasilakis, 52, was killed when he opened the parcel, described as a "small box". He was then in his office, located about ten meters away from the minister who was there at the time, police said.Access to the ministry, also the seat of the police, is subject to two checks, but they do not contain specific system for detecting explosives.The parcel bomb contained a mixture of 500 grams of powder and ammonium nitrate, and mine have also found the remains of a battery, and a hook designed to activate the explosion when opening the package, has they said a police source.The package was addressed to Mr. Chryssohoïdis."For a bomber, entry is nearly impossible, but to pass a package is easier," commented radio Vassilis Doumas, police union official in charge of controls. He has not ruled out that the package has been made of the permanent policy of the Minister by a collaborator, an argument also raised by the media.In anticipation of a claim, the police "does not track," said Kokkalakis. "The most probable is that of homegrown terrorism, but it is only going up the path of the package that could move," he said.Prime Minister Georges Papandreou reiterated Friday in Parliament that it was a "terrorist attack", occurred while Greece is facing a serious economic and social crisis, forced to cure a severe austerity unpublished to escape bankruptcy.Investigators do not immediately ventured to designate any specific group of Greek extremist movement, lack of precedent in the procedure.Mr. Chryssohoïdis was responsible for the same portfolio at the time of decommissioning in 2002 the group "historic" Greek November 17, responsible for twenty murders since 1975.The Minister, who stated his desire to regain control of a police accused of amateurism, has been credited with the blow in April the group Revolutionary Struggle (EA), with the arrest of six militants.On the list of terrorist organizations of the European Union and the United States, EA has claimed since 2003 fifteen attacks, including a barrage in which one policeman was seriously injured in January 2009.The group of extreme left had also signed an abortive bomb attack in May 2006 against the car of a predecessor's Conservative Chryssohoïdis.Other extremists have attacked police targets since the death in December 2008 in Athens to a teenager killed by a policeman, a blunder that caused urban riots in the country.

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