Greek FinMin receives bullet in envelope

 　　ATHENS, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras received a bullet in the post, Greek media reported on Monday.

　　Stournaras' aides alerted security forces, when they opened the envelope at his office and discovered the enclosed bullet. According to media reports, the envelope also included a threatening letter signed by "The Cretan Revolution."

　　Perpetrators warn the official "not to sell off Greek soil," in a reference to the ongoing¹ privatization program introduced in the context of wider austerity and reform efforts to resolve the Greek debt crisis.

　　In January this year, the headquarters of the ruling party came under attack with Kalashnikov assault rifles and a major shopping mall and other political and media targets were firebombed in political motivated violence.

　　Monday's incident came as counter-terrorism squads² were investigating a terrorism hideout in Athens discovered after the arrest of suspect members of the "Conspiracy³ of Fire Nuclei⁴" among a group of alleged⁵ bank robbers apprehended⁶ last Friday in northern Greece.

　　According to police statement, heavy weaponry was found in the apartment.

　　"Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei" has been linked to a series of attacks against political, police and business targets in recent years.

　　Earlier on Monday, prosecutors⁷ in Athens opened a probe into allegations that the four suspects aged⁸ 20 to 24 arrested for a double bank robbery in a northern Greece city on Friday were mishandled by police.

　　Greek police officials reject the claims, stressing that any injuries occured during the operation to disarm⁹ and detain the robbers who were armed with Kalashnikov rifles and handguns.

1 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

2 squads   

n.（军队中的）班( squad的名词复数 )；（暗杀）小组；体育运动的运动（代表）队；（对付某类犯罪活动的）警察队伍

参考例句：

• Anti-riot squads were called out to deal with the situation. 防暴队奉命出动以对付这一局势。 来自辞典例句
• Three squads constitute a platoon. 三个班组成一个排。 来自辞典例句

3 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

4 nuclei   

n.核

参考例句：

• To free electrons, something has to make them whirl fast enough to break away from their nuclei. 为了释放电子，必须使电子高速旋转而足以摆脱原子核的束缚。
• Energy is released by the fission of atomic nuclei. 能量是由原子核分裂释放出来的。

5 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

6 apprehended   

逮捕，拘押( apprehend的过去式和过去分词 )； 理解

参考例句：

• She apprehended the complicated law very quickly. 她很快理解了复杂的法律。
• The police apprehended the criminal. 警察逮捕了罪犯。

7 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

8 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

9 disarm   

v.解除武装，回复平常的编制，缓和

参考例句：

• The world has waited 12 years for Iraq to disarm. 全世界等待伊拉克解除武装已有12年之久。
• He has rejected every peaceful opportunity offered to him to disarm.他已经拒绝了所有能和平缴械的机会。