1:51pm UK, Monday December 27, 2010
A parcel bomb sent to the Greek embassy in Rome has been disabled.
Firefighters and police officers outside the Greek embassy in Rome
Bomb disposal experts said the device was similar to one found in Rome's underground last week.
The latest find comes days after parcel bombs wounded two people at the Swiss and Chilean missions.
An Italian anarchist group - the Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI) - said it was responsible for the devices.
The incidents bore similarities to an episode in Greece last month in which far-left militants sent parcel bombs to foreign governments and embassies in Athens.
A note was included signed by the "Lambros Fountas revolutionary cell" of the FAI, which Italian media said was a reference to a Greek anarchist killed in a clash with Greek police in Athens in March.
The metro bomb was found last week in Rebibbia
Investigators say anarchist splinter groups have in the past carried out attacks over the Christmas period and Italian embassies abroad have been put on alert.
Suspect packages found at the Venezuelan, Danish and Monaco embassies later turned out to be false alarms.
There were other false alarms last week at the Irish and Ukrainian embassies in Rome as authorities stepped up checks on mail deliveries.
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