GREECE: Arrests in Athens bomb investigations

Record ID: 352610

  • Title: GREECE: Arrests in Athens bomb investigations
  • Date: 11th April 2010
  • Summary: ATHENS, GREECE (APRIL 10 2010) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF POLICE HEADQUARTERS POLICE HEADQUARTERS SIGN GREEK FLAG ENTRANCE TO POLICE HEADQUARTERS POLICE SPOKESMAN THANASIS KOKALAKIS ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Greek) POLICE SPOKESMAN THANASIS KOKALAKIS SAYING: "During the early morning hours of Saturday, April 10, 2010, the counter terrorist units of the He
  • Embargoed: 26th April 2010 13:00
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  • Location: Greece
  • Country: Greece
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVA24SAXG0FTB7H8275NLX0FCS5F
  • Story Text: Greek police held an emergency press conference in Athens on Saturday (April 10) to announce they have detained suspects beleived to be involved in bombing attacks.
    "Counter terrorist units of the Hellenic police detained individuals and conducted house searches in which important items were found and seized," said police spokesman Thanasis Kokalakis.
    Kokalakis did not elaborate, but a police official who declined to be named said four people had been detained after houses were raided, and are believed to be associated with groups carrying out attacks in the capital.
    A series of bombings and attacks have taken place in Athens since December 2008, when a teenage boy was shot dead by police in an Athens street.
    Various anti-establishment guerrilla groups have claimed responsibility for the bombings, some of them quite powerful, which targeted the Athens Stock Exchange, banks, government buildings, police buildings and businesses. The police official said the investigation was continuing.
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