Construction delays… now security concerns… it seems the Athens Olympics are cursed:
Wednesday’s pre-dawn explosions, preceded by an anonymous telephone warning, badly damaged the station in the densely populated Kalithea district near hotels to be used by Olympic officials during the August 13-29 Olympics.
The third bomb went off 30 minutes after the first two blasts while dozens of bomb experts were combing the cordoned-off area for forensic evidence.
No one has yet claimed responsibility, but police said initial evidence pointed to small local anarchist and leftist groups that regularly stage minor bomb attacks around Athens, sometimes in protest against the Olympics.
Even if the bombings were linked to international terror, you’ll never see anyone admitting it. The last thing they want to cause is panic. And ss the summer gets nearer, it seems nothing will derail the games. Let’s hope that despite the rocky road to get to Athens, the games themselves go smoothly.