Media around the world broadcast the terrorist attack

The terrorist attack in the city center has caused many reactions both in Greece and abroad.

In details, Simos Kedikoglou, government spokesman, spoke early in the morning about the tremendous explosion.

He stated in SKAI TV channel that “the obvious goal of this action is to change the political agenda. But, we will not allow the terrorists to achieve their goals. What is most important now is to find out who is responsible for this attack. It might need to pay more attention and adopt a different approach in order to deal with such issues”.

Adonis Georgiadis expressed his own opinion

The Health Minister stressed- through his personal account in Twitter- that those that want Greece out of the Eurozone are in panic and this is something one can tell. But, they will not succeed.

Media around the world broadcast the terrorist attack – They connect the attack with Merkel's visit

The terrorist attack is broadcasted by media around the world. The news of the explosion occurred at 05:55 in Amerikis street, in front of the Bank of Greece, is on the front pages of media abriad.

Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Telegraph, Guardian, Associated Press, Russia Today and Huffington Post are just some of the media which broadcast the news as breaking news.

German media have also commented extensively on the terrorist attack as the German chancellor visits Athens tomorrow. Most German media focused on the connection between Merkel's visit to Athens and the terrorist attack..

A typical example is the way Handelsblatt broadcasted the news: “Before Merkel's visit: a booby-trapped car exploded near the Greek central bank”

See some international reports: