Bomb defused at Spanish airline office in Rome
( 2003-10-08 23:14) (Agencies)
Italian explosives experts defused a parcel bomb left outside the office of
Spanish national airline Iberia in central Rome on Wednesday, police said.
Police said the bomb, made up of explosive powder, a fuse and a timer hidden
inside a cooking pot, would have injured passers-by had it exploded.
It is at least the third time in the past year that police have been called
in to deal with explosive packages that have either detonated or been left
outside Iberia's office or other Spanish interests in the Italian capital.
Previous attacks were claimed by a group calling for the release of Italian
anarchists jailed in Spain.
In December last year, three parcels containing around 50 grams of explosive
powder and a fuse were sent to two Iberia offices in Rome, and a parcel found at
Rome's Fiumicino airport included a warning to air travellers to avoid Iberia.
In June this year, a small bomb exploded outside the front entrance to the
Cervantes Institute, a Spanish language school.
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