ATHENS: A person was killed and a girl was severely damage in an explosion in an house within the Greek capital Athens on Thursday and an anti-terrorism investigation was underway, the fireplace brigade and police officers mentioned.
One of many officers mentioned Greece’s anti-terrorism police unit was investigating primarily based on indications that the blast was attributable to an explosive gadget.
The explosion gutted the house and precipitated critical harm to all the residential constructing within the Ampelokipi district.
Firefighters evacuated the injured lady for switch to a hospital and recovered the physique of the person, who has not but been recognized.
Small bomb and arson assaults had been frequent in Greece earlier than and in the course of the nation’s 2009-18 debt disaster, most of them concentrating on politicians, judges and companies. They’ve abated in recent times.
