(27 Dec 2010)
A package bomb was found at the Greek embassy in Rome on Monday, four days after similar mail bombs exploded at two other embassies.
Ambassador Michalis Kambanis said the parcel, addressed to the embassy, was discovered at about 1030 am local time (0930 GMT).
"We immediately informed the carabinieri who arrived here within three minutes," he told reporters, adding the device was "neutralised".
A Greek Foreign Ministry spokesman, speaking in Athens, said no one was harmed in the latest incident, in part because heightened security measures had already been put in place.
Police, carabinieri and firefighters massed around the building on Monday while embassy staff lingered outside.
The street, in the residential Parioli neighbourhood, remained open to traffic.
The carabinieri said Monday's bomb was similar to the ones that exploded at the Chilean and Swiss embassies last Thursday, injuring two people.
An anarchist group with reported ties to Greek anarchists claimed responsibility for those blasts.
There had been several reports of suspicious packages in recent days that turned out to be false alarms.
On Monday, police responded to suspicious packages at the embassies of Venezuela, Monaco and Denmark - all were false alarms.
Police had told all embassies in the capital to be on alert after Thursday's package bombs.
Monday was the first day of business after the Christmas holiday.
Some embassies chose to remain closed as a precaution: Sweden's Foreign Ministry said no packages had been found at its embassy in Rome, but that it was closed Monday "for security measures".
An Italian group calling itself the Informal Anarchist Federation claimed responsibility for Thursday's blasts.
News reports said that a claim found at one of the embassies cited the name of Lambros Fountas, a Greek anarchist who was killed in a shootout with police in March.
Italy's interior minister said investigators believed the anarchists who were responsible might have ties to Greek anarchists responsible for last month's letter bombings at Athens embassies.
On November 2, suspected Greek anarchists sent 14 mail bombs to foreign embassies in Athens, as well as to Italy's Premier Silvio Berlusconi, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Two of the devices exploded, causing no injuries.
A group called Conspiracy Nuclei of Fire claimed responsibility for the Greek blasts.
It called on militants in Greece and other countries to step up their action and Greek police noted last week that in the past acts of "solidarity" had been carried out between Greek and Italian militant groups.
Though the bombings were similar, they pointed out that the attacks there seemed not intended to cause injury - and none was caused.
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