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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

CONTENTS

[01] President-British diplomat's killing

[02] British diplomat's wife-Statement

[03] November 17-murder

[01] President-British diplomat's killing

President of the Republic Costis Stephanopoulos on Friday expressed his abhorrence over the killing of British defence attache Stephen Saunders.

Sources told ANA that the President's condolences were conveyed to the British ambassador in Athens David Madden.

[02] British diplomat's wife-Statement

The widow of Britain's defence attache gunned down on a congested Athens thoroughfare by the "November 17" terrorist organisation, on Friday thanked the Greek people for their support, and appealed for anyone who had any information whatsoever on the killing to go to the police.

[03] November 17-murder

The elusive November 17 terrorist organisation claimed responsibility on Friday for the murder of British Defence Attache in Athens, Brigadier Stephen Saunders.

Saunders was gunned down by one of two assailants riding a motorcycle in the traffic-congested Kifissias avenue early Thursday morning as the diplomat was driving alone to his office at the British embassy in central Athens.

In a long 13-page proclamation sent to the Athens afternoon daily Eleftherotypia, the text of which was fully published by the newspaper, the urban guerrilla organisation accused Saunders of "activly participating and coordinating the NATO air raids and bombings of Serbia" last year.

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