Olympics alert after bullet hits guard

ATLANTA - An Olympic Games security officer was shot in the chest by a stray bullet and two guards narrowly escaped injury when…

ATLANTA - An Olympic Games security officer was shot in the chest by a stray bullet and two guards narrowly escaped injury when a stolen car ploughed through a security checkpoint, games officials said yesterday.

The two separate incidents, on the eve of the arrival of the first athletes, put Atlanta's elaborate Olympic security system on alert just days after two mysterious packages prompted a bomb scare.

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