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Man arrested after suspected terrorist bombing

Greek police suspect that a new generation of terrorists is planning attacks in Greece. The search for suspects is intensifying since a bomb likely exploded by mistake in a residential building.

» Published: 02 November 2024

Man arrested after suspected terrorist bombing
Photo: Petros Giannakouris/AP/TT

Greek anti-terror police have arrested a man in the investigation of a deadly explosion in the capital Athens on Thursday. The explosion in a residential building killed one man and injured a woman. The explosion is believed to have occurred when a homemade bomb detonated by mistake.

Police are said to have identified the dead man. A fingerprint showed that the man had previously been arrested in Germany and was in the Europol register, according to police sources for the news agency AFP.

Investigators suspect that the dead man belongs to a "new generation of terrorists" in Greece, with possible links to the left-wing terrorist movement known as "17 November" that emerged in the fight against the then military junta in Greece during the 1970s.

When the blown-up apartment was searched, police found, among other things, two handguns, wigs, and a face mask.

The man who was arrested turned himself in to the police. The background was that he had been in contact with two women, one of whom was the injured woman in the apartment, who are being investigated for involvement in terrorist planning.

Over the past decade, Greece has been subjected to terrorist acts through arson and bombings, often targeting political or economic interests and individuals in the country.

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