A package bomb was found at the Greek Embassy in Rome Monday,three days after mail bombs exploded at two other embassies injuring two people. The device was defused and no one was injured. Greek Foreign Ministry spokesman Gregoris Delavekouras said from Athens that no one was harmed in the latest incident,in part because heightened security measures had already been put in place. The embassy was evacuated and the staff assembled some distance away from the building,so that everyone could be accounted for, he said.There were already heightened security measures at the Greek and other embassies,so the procedure that had to be followed was clear. The matter is now in the hands of the Italian police.Mail bombs exploded Friday at the Chilean and Swiss embassies,injuring two people who opened them. An anarchist group with reported ties to Greek anarchists claimed responsibility.The police,carabinieri and firefighters massed around the building Monday while the Greek Embassy staff lingered outside. The street,in the residential Parioli neighbourhood,remained open to traffic.Reports of suspicious packages at the embassies of Venezuela,Monaco,Finland and Denmark were false alarms,police and news reports said. There have been several other reports of suspicious packages in recent days that turned out to be false alarms.The police told all embassies in the capital to be on alert after the package bombs on Friday; Monday was the first day of business after the Christmas holiday. Swedens Foreign Ministry said no packages have so far been found at that countrys embassy in Rome,but that it was closed Monday for security measures.An Italian group calling itself the Informal Anarchist Federation claimed responsibility for Fridays 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.Interior Minister Roberto Maroni has said that investigators believe the anarchists who were responsible might have ties to Greek anarchists responsible for last months letter bombings at Athens embassies.On November 2,suspected Greek anarchists sent 14 mail bombs to foreign embassies in Athens,as well as to 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.
