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AN ENVELOPE CONTAINING explosive material destined for a financial institution in Dublin was intercepted by police in France before it could detonate.
Police in Paris are investigating a number of suspect letters or packages which were discovered at a sorting centre in the French capital this week. One of these made it to the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Paris last week and injured a secretary who opened the mail.
It is understood that another of the packages discovered in the French sorting office was addressed to a prominent financial firm in Dublin 1. The firm has since been made aware of the incident.
TheJournal.ie has been told that the package, if opened, could have seriously injured the recipient.
Officials in France are liaising with their Irish counterparts and gardaí have been notified of the incident.
A Garda spokesperson told TheJournal.ie it “does not comment on, confirm or deny speculation about investigations being carried out by police forces in other jurisdictions”.
Greek anarchists
The attempted attack is believed to be linked to a Greek anarchist group which has been targeting a number of European financial districts across the continent.
Fragments of Greek stamps were found at the Paris offices of the IMF where the letter bomb exploded, leaving the secretary with injuries to her face and hands.
A far-left Greek group called Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei is “likely behind” the Paris attack, a Greek police source told AFP in Athens.
French investigators have told their Greek counterparts that the package was sent from Athens, the official said.
Separately, a source close to the French probe said it was focusing on “an anarchist group”.
The Conspiracy of Fire group had earlier claimed responsibility for an explosive device, also sent from Greece, that was discovered by police at the offices of German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble.
With reporting by AFP
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Brayruit?
As long as it doesn’t glorify being a scote…they don’t need any more encouragement!!
@Yzo Sirrius: thats all it does, thats all any of those shows do. Really tired of them now. I wish RTE would glorify ethical lifestyles for a change.
@Mary Fitzsimons: This has nothing to do with RTE, Virgin are responsible for this production!
@Mary Fitzsimons: because glorifying ethical lifestyles directly as the shows medium would be quite boring, good crime television programs can be successful at glorifying the archetypes of different characters and how they potentially react with the story and it really is down to the story, but crime especially of that calibre is at an all time low here, unless its based in the 90s or earlier 2000s other wise its going to be an inaccurate shit show, watch the sopranos or the wire my dear and you will say otherwise about television shows or glorifying criminality, instead it uses the theme as a vehicle to drive the story another great example is a Danish film “pusher” the problem lies with the writing staff not the theme.
There really isn’t anything better than ‘ultra violence’. Endlessly fascinating and a joy to watch. Looking forward to the box set.
@alan: indeed, really difficult to write that stuff
@alan: you spelt sex bot wrong
While Love/Hate was brilliant, sadly we just don’t produce good drama in this country. Great and all as Love/Hate was, it never really took off outside of Ireland.
@Aging Lothario: I heard the Yanks are doing a remake of Love/Hate, set among the indigenous people in the rougher parts of Hawaii.
@Aging Lothario: agree, the production or Irish TV always has a cheap and amateur undertone. It’s sometimes cringey to watch.
@Squiddley Diddley: Supposedly, Denis Lehane (writer of Gone Baby Gone amongst other crime novels) was on board to write the series, which would have been a hell of a coup but that was 5 years ago & there’s not much been heard of it since
@Aging Lothario: unlike the Danes … brilliant stuff sells worldwide.
There’s nothing glamorous about the seedy side of Bray although some work hard at trying to put a ‘respectable’ face on it.
Won’t be able to go to Bray anymore as the up and coming will be walking around thinking there gangsters.
I saw the first series, too many adverts I’ll watch no more.
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