Blast kills man in apartment in Greek capital

1/11/2024 6:05

        A man was killed and a woman
        was seriously hurt in an explosion in an apartment in the Greek
        capital Athens on Thursday and an anti-terrorism investigation
        was underway, the fire brigade and police officials said.
        
        One of the officials said Greece's anti-terrorism police
        unit was investigating based on indications that the blast was
        caused by an explosive device.
        
        The explosion gutted the apartment and caused serious damage
        to the entire residential building in the Ampelokipi district.
        
        Firefighters evacuated the injured woman for transfer to a
        hospital and recovered the body of the man, who has not yet been
        identified.
        
        Small bomb and arson attacks were frequent in Greece before
        and during the country's 2009-18 debt crisis, most of them
        targeting politicians, judges and businesses. They have abated
        in recent years.