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12-13-2005, 11:49 PM
Tank shoots monastery
From: Agence France-Presse From correspondents in Salonika
December 14, 2005
A MONASTERY in the foothills of Mount Olympus, central Greece, has been damaged by a tank round fired from a neighbouring military range, the Greek army said on Tuesday.
"It was a routine target exercise," an army spokesman told AFP of the accident.
"One of the shells hit a tree and ricocheted towards the monastery," the officer said, declining to identify the number or type of tanks involved.
The monastery, which is dedicated to Saint Dionysius, is built in a forested area neighbouring an army firing range.
Television footage showed the monastery's front gate pierced by the shrapnel. A number of visitors' cars parked in its front yard were also damaged, the Athens News Agency reported.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17564780-13762,00.html
From: Agence France-Presse From correspondents in Salonika
December 14, 2005
A MONASTERY in the foothills of Mount Olympus, central Greece, has been damaged by a tank round fired from a neighbouring military range, the Greek army said on Tuesday.
"It was a routine target exercise," an army spokesman told AFP of the accident.
"One of the shells hit a tree and ricocheted towards the monastery," the officer said, declining to identify the number or type of tanks involved.
The monastery, which is dedicated to Saint Dionysius, is built in a forested area neighbouring an army firing range.
Television footage showed the monastery's front gate pierced by the shrapnel. A number of visitors' cars parked in its front yard were also damaged, the Athens News Agency reported.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17564780-13762,00.html