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Monday, December 20, 2004

Greek bus hijackers apologize in court for "stupid act"
Bernard Hibbitts at 11:01 AM ET

[JURIST] Two Albanians who hijacked an Athens bus and took 23 passangers hostage last Wednesday in a standoff that went on for 18 hours before they surrendered apologized in court Monday for what they themselves called a "stupid act." The men had demanded a $1 million ransom and threatened to blow up the bus, but admitted later they were bluffing. Reuters has more.






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