Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Three firebombs explode near government offices in central Athens leaving one woman injured

  • One woman was wounded as she emerged from her apartment
  • All three devices consisted of camping gas canisters
  • Firebomb attacks against government or wealth symbols common in Greece
Three small gas canister bombs exploded near government offices and an influential economic think-tank in Athens today.
Gas canister attacks are frequent in Greece, and have been on the rise as it struggles through an economic crisis that has fuelled anger against foreign lenders, politicians and a wealthy elite.
One woman was wounded as she emerged from her apartment. 
Damage: A
Damage: A worker checks damage at the entrance of a building that houses an environment ministry service for development of European programs after a makeshift explosive device went off
One exploded at about 8 a.m. in the fifth floor corridor of an apartment building in central Athens, near the political office of the country's Transparency general secretary, wounding a woman who had just emerged from her apartment.
 
The woman was transferred to a hospital for treatment of slight burns. 
The other devices detonated several hours earlier, one outside a building housing the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research and one outside a branch of the Environment, Energy and Climate Change Ministry.
There have been numerous makeshift bomb attacks in recent months outside the homes and offices of journalists, politicians and a ship owner, but none has caused injuries
Investigation:
Investigation: Police officers take fingerprints after an explosive device detonated outside the private office of the Justice Ministry's general secretary for transparency, Giorgos Sourlas, on the fifth floor of an apartment block , injuring a woman
'We strongly condemn the `blind' gas canister attack in the building where the transparency general secretary's office is housed ... and we wish a speedy recovery to the victim of the cowardly perpetrators,' government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou said in a statement.
'We are sure that the new attempt to introduce violence into public life will be condemned' by all politicians, he said.
Firebomb attacks against government offices, banks or symbols of wealth are common in Greece, where several small, generally anarchist groups operate.
The bombings are usually carried out late at night.

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