Greek police intercepts parcel bomb addressed to Sarkozy

Greek police said it had intercepted a booby-trapped parcel addressed to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, after another package exploded at a courier company in Athens.

"One of the explosive devices that the suspects were carrying was addressed to the president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy," a police spokesperson told Reuters.    

He said the other parcels were addressed to the embassies of Belgium, the Netherlands and Mexico. The latter one exploded earlier in Athens, slightly injuring one female employee at a courier company. The others were detonated by police.  

"Police believes there is no link with al-Qaeda. We are still investigating," he said adding that the two men arrested were suspected to be linked to a Greek leftist guerrilla group known as the Fire Conspiracy Cells.