Murdered attache honoured

Athens - The British Foreign Minister, Mr Peter Hain, yesterday said Britain would "not give in to terrorism," as the murdered…

Athens - The British Foreign Minister, Mr Peter Hain, yesterday said Britain would "not give in to terrorism," as the murdered British military attache, Brig Stephen Saunders, was honoured at a memorial service in Athens.

"We must track these killers down," Mr Hain said, praising the co-operation of Greek authorities and renewing an appeal for witnesses to last week's shooting to come forward.

Two gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Brig Saunders in his car as he sat in a rush-hour traffic jam. The Greek Marxist terrorist group November 17 claimed responsibility for the shooting.

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