(25 May 2017) The head of the Greek parliament Nikos Voutsis condemned Thursday's bomb attack on former Prime Minister Lucas Papademos.
69-year-old Papademos, who served as prime minister for six months in 2011-2012 and is also a former deputy governor of the European Central Bank, was inside his car in central Athens when a device detonated.
Two Bank of Greece employees were also in the car at the time, officials. All three were described as being conscious and in a stable condition in hospital.
Passing on the good wishes of Greek members of parliament, Voutsis said that democracy "should not be afraid and should not bend."
Former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis said that the attack shows that "a sad situation" exists in Greece.
"The ones that do a good job, the ones that are taking care of country, are becoming targets," he said.
A police official said the explosion occurred when Papademos opened an envelope inside the car. Anti-terrorism police were at the hospital where Papademos was being treated in order to interview him on the details of the envelope.
A second police official said one of the other two wounded in the blast told anti-terrorism police that he had handed Papademos the mail earlier, and that before doing so he had put it through an X-ray machine and nothing suspicious showed up.
Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity pending official announcements.
The government described the blast as a terrorist attack.
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