Hijackers surrender in Athens bus standoff
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Two armed Albanian hijackers surrendered and released their hostages early today, 18 hours after seizing a bus in an Athens suburb and threatening to blow it up if authorities did not pay a ransom.
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Two armed men hijacked a bus in an Athens suburb Wednesday and are holding more than 20 people on board hostage. The hijackers are demanding a million euros in ransom and safe passage.
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Two armed men who hijacked a bus carrying two dozen passengers in Athens yesterday, and threatened to blow it up freed their remaining hostages last night and surrendered to police.
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PARIS, Dec 15  - The hijacking of a bus with 25 passengers on board in an Athens suburb early Wednesday by two gunmen reportedly demanding one million euros in ransom is the latest in a number of such attacks around the world over recent years.
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A Greek bus hostage siege ended today when all 23 passengers were safely freed and two Albanian gunmen who had demanded a $1 million ransom surrendered, a police spokeswoman said.
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ATHENS, Greece - A Greek bus with 26 people aboard was hijacked Wednesday by two armed men who demanded to be taken to Athens airport and flown to Russia, police and government officials said.
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A passenger left a hijacked Greek bus on Wednesday five hours after two gunmen seized the bus with 26 passengers aboard in Athens suburbs early on Wednesday, the Greek television station Mega reported.
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A Greek bus hostage siege ended in the early hours of this morning when all 23 passengers were safely freed and two Albanian gunmen who had demanded a $1 million ransom surrendered, a police spokesman said.
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A hijacked bus is seen on a street some 30 kilometres north of Athens December 15, 2004. Greek police forces surrounded the bus after two armed men hijacked it early Wednesday morning with 26 passengers
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Two armed perpetrators who hijacked an intercity bus carrying 25 passengers from Marathon to the Greek capital Athens have reportedly begun to release the hostages.
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A bus was hijacked today and shots were fired at police who surrounded it on the outskirts of Athens. Police did not know how many passengers were aboard the bus.
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ATHENS, Dec 15  - Gunmen who commandeered a bus near Athens and demanded a ransom and safe conduct out of the country released four men and one woman Wednesday, police said, bringing to 17 the total number of passengers set free.
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A bus carrying more than 20 passengers in the Greek capital of Athens was hijacked by unknown armed perpetrators earlier today. Security forces cordoned the bus and the driver, who was able to escape from
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GERAKAS, Greece: A dramatic 19-hour hostage siege on board a bus in Athens ended without bloodshed yesterday after two Albanian gunmen freed the last of their 23 hostages and surrendered.
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A Greek bus carrying about 27 people was hijacked today and shots were fired at police who surrounded it on the outskirts of Athens.
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Two foreign gunmen hijacked a Greek bus  carrying 26 passengers on Wednesday and demanded to go to  Athens airport to leave the country.
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The two gunmen who had hijacked an Athens-bound commuter bus surrendered to the authorities and released their six remaining captives.