|
ATHENS, May 25-- Former Greek Prime Minister Loukas Papademos was recovering in an Athens hospital on Thursday after an attack against him which was unequivocally condemned by political parties as an attack on democracy. The 69-year-old president of the Athens Academy, who served as interim prime minister from November 2011 to May 2017, was slightly injured from the blast of a booby-trapped envelope while riding his car in the center of the Greek capital. "The patient's condition is stable and there is no reason for concern," a statement issued by Evangelismos hospital read. Papademos sustained superficial injuries to the chest, abdomen and legs and he underwent a surgery to clean the wound on his thigh, according to the press release. The two men who escorted him, the driver of the armored car provided to the former prime minister by the central Bank of Greece and a security officer who was also inside the vehicle, were also admitted to hospital for precautionary reasons with minor injuries, the statement concluded. Greek police was on alert in case similar letter-bombs have been sent to other recipients, Greek national news agency AMNA reported. No group has claimed responsibility for Thursday's attack so far, but suspicions fall on domestic terrorist groups who for several years have been attacking political, financial and police targets. In recent years "Conspiracy of the Nuclei of Fire" has claimed responsibility for a series of such attacks with booby-trapped envelopes which have been sent also to European leaders. | 
