Greek Public Bus Hijacked
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - A Greek public bus was hijacked Wednesday and shots were fired at police who surrounded it on the outskirts of Athens, police and bus company officials said.
Police did not know how many passengers were aboard the bus, which was surrounded by patrol cars at a stop just over 10 miles from the city center on the outskirts of eastern Athens. It was not known how many people took control of the bus.
"There is a stop there and the bus was on a regular route," said Nikos Koutsogeorgas, president of the public bus company.
The bus was on a route from the town of Marathon, east of Athens, to the city center when it was hijacked just before dawn at a stop in the suburb of Geraka.
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