Bus Hijackers Give Up; No Explosives Found

Two Albanian gunmen who hijacked a packed Greek bus and threatened to blow it up had been bluffing and had no explosives, Greek Police Chief George Angelakos said.

Speaking after the gunmen surrendered and freed all 23 hostages following an 18-hour siege, Angelakos told reporters: “There were no explosives. They just claimed they had explosives to emphasize the fact that they could do harm.

“Obviously, it was [a ransom] they were after. They wanted to go to Albania, but they said they wanted to go to the airport to blow smoke in our faces.”