TERRORIST ATTACK AGAINST MAJOR GREEK NEWS MEDIA

At 2.37 am, on Monday the 17^th December, a powerful bomb detonated outside SKY, a major Greek TV and Radio station and the headquarters of the prestigious newspaper Kathimerini.   The facade of the building was extensively damaged, with shattered windows and torn out offices, fortunately without victims.

In the Very Early Hours the Greek Anti-Terrorist Squad in front of SKY

A police spokesman said that the explosion followed two anonymous phone calls to a news website and another television station.  They said that the bomb would go off in 45 minutes, and kept repeating “this is not a hoax”.

The building was instantly evacuated, and the explosion was enormous.  The journalists, the technical staff and all the people who are working for SKY fearlessly went back to work, half an hour after the blast.  They are bravely determined to continue broadcasting the latest news from home and abroad and praising or criticising events, politicians and the government.

This is a heinous terrorist attack against democracy and the freedom of the press, that could have cost many human lives.

                  A merry Christmas to you all at SKY and a very happy New Year!