ATHENS (Reuters) – A bomb exploded outside Athens’ main prison on Thursday, slightly injuring two people and damaging dozens of shops and homes up to four blocks away, police said.
A police official said the bomb was placed inside a garbage container close to the wall of Korydallos prison, where the convicted members of the deadly November 17 urban guerrilla group are serving sentences.
A man and a woman were slightly injured by broken glass. The blast was heard kilometres away, said a Reuters witness.
“It was a very powerful bomb, probably the biggest we have had in years, but we had evacuated the area,” said the police official.
An unidentified caller had warned a Greek TV station and a newspaper that a bomb would blow up outside the prison in minutes. Police rushed to evacuate the area and the device went off at about 1915 GMT.
“We have counted 55 shops and homes damaged so far in a radius of several blocks,” the police official said.
Most buildings had their windows blown out.
A police official said the bomb was placed inside a garbage container close to the wall of Korydallos prison, where the convicted members of the deadly November 17 urban guerrilla group are serving sentences.
A man and a woman were slightly injured by broken glass. The blast was heard kilometres away, said a Reuters witness.
“It was a very powerful bomb, probably the biggest we have had in years, but we had evacuated the area,” said the police official.
An unidentified caller had warned a Greek TV station and a newspaper that a bomb would blow up outside the prison in minutes. Police rushed to evacuate the area and the device went off at about 1915 GMT.
“We have counted 55 shops and homes damaged so far in a radius of several blocks,” the police official said.
Most buildings had their windows blown out.
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