1987 Greece bus attacks | |
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Location | Athens, Greece |
Date | April 24 & August 10, 1987 5:10 pm & 4:48 pm (UTC+01:00) |
Target | Americans |
Attack type | Bombing |
Weapons | Improvised explosive device |
Deaths | 0 |
Injured | 30 |
Perpetrator | Revolutionary Organization 17 November |
The 1987 Greece bus attacks refer to two separate attacks committed by the 17 November Group on buses carrying American military personnel near Athens, Greece. [1]
The first attack, on April 24, 1987, wounded 16 Americans (four of which were civilians) and two Greeks (the bus driver and a civilian car driver nearby). A Hellenic Air Force bus was transporting American servicemen from a Greek base to the American-operated Hellenikon Air Base when a remote-controlled car bomb exploded, causing the bus to lose control and hit a tree. It was initially reported the bus was hit by a rocket attack. The chief of Greece's police called it a "well-planned crime". Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou condemned the attack. [2]
The second attack happened on August 10, 1987, and injured 11 Americans (one a female civilian) and the Greek bus driver. The attack happened near Voula beach to the south of Athens and was again caused by a remote-controlled car bomb on the road the bus was travelling on. [3] [4]
The far-left 17 November Group had previously launched attacks against American targets in Greece. [5]
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