Poop Man Bob Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/12/15...ages/index.html From the cnn.com story: Gunmen seize bus near Athens Wednesday, December 15, 2004 Posted: 2:23 AM EST (0723 GMT) The seized bus is surrounded by police cars in Athens. ATHENS, Greece -- Gunmen have seized a public bus near the Greek capital of Athens and are holding about 25 passengers hostage. Authorities have surrounded the bus that was heading from Marathon to Athens when it was seized just before dawn on Wednesday. Gunshots have been heard, although it was not clear if they came from inside or outside the bus, according to initial reports from police and journalists on the scene. The bus driver managed to escape and alert the police, Elisabeth Filippoulis from Greek television station ERT told CNN. One by-stander confirmed Filippoulis' statement. "I was the first at the scene and saw the driver jumping out of the bus with a ticket collector and another woman. There was a scuffle inside the bus," eyewitness Nikos Balogiannis told state-run NET television, according to The Associated Press. AP also reported that law enforcers, including snipers, hostage negotiators and anti-terrorism squads, were at the scene. A police helicopter is also monitoring the situation. While police do not yet know who the gunmen were or why the bus had been hijacked, Filippoulis said the two gunmen were reportedly foreigners. She did not specify what nation they might be from. Another journalist, Anthee Carassavas, told CNN she understood from authorities that the gunmen want to be taken to the airport and flown out of the country. The hostage-takers have drawn the curtains, preventing anyone from seeing inside the bus. "The bus is stopped, police have surrounded it," a police official told Reuters. The bus is at a stop about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from the city center, with special forces and a group of negotiators now on the scene. So far, the police have not released an official statement regarding the situation. Police cars also blocked traffic along the busy eastern Athens highway leading to Marathon and kept news crews hundreds of meters (yards) away. This is the first such incident since two deadly bus hijackings shocked the country five years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poop Man Bob Posted December 15, 2004 Author Share Posted December 15, 2004 Fuck, just realized that this should be in Crossfire. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzep Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 yea I read about that on the BBC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casekonly Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 i hope tesseract and his family are ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Tesseract Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 Tesser and family dont use buses, haha...i'm sorry i just had to... anyway, shit is fucked up..last time some albanian dudes did that people got killed....second time they did it, they got sniped in the face, lets see where this will lead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Tesseract Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 Apparently they're albanians and they want to be on a plane to russia..i dont get why....now would you hijack a bus when you really wanted a plane?.....cheap bastards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 what.the.fuck. terrorism is totally mindless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 blaazed Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 FUCKING ALBANIANS... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Overtime Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 what the hell? a plane to russia? cant they just drive the damn bus and request gas, i mean, come on, everyone is al rush rush these days, no attention to detail.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr430n5_666 Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Tesseract Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 its all over, negociators negociated, cops did some copping and everyone walked without a scratch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaesthebluntedwonder Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 Originally posted by <KEY3>@Dec 15 2004, 11:37 AM Quoted post Whoa that's an ill walker. When I'm old, or if I break my hips or some fucked up shit like that, and I need a walker, I'm gonna get one of those. Speaking of Walker, one of the great things about Brazil is that they show Walker reruns: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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