A bomb exploded outside the headquarters of Hellenic Train on Syngrou Avenue in central Athens short after 9:30 on Friday evening. A warning phone call had preceded the explosion.
According to preliminary information, nobody injured by the detonation of the explosive device.
Police has condoned the area to exclude the possibility of a second bomb planted nearby and has also halted traffic on Syngrou Av. between A. Diakou and Frantzi streets.
Prior to the explosion, a man called at 8:53 p.m. at newspaper efymerida ton syntakton (efsyn) and the offices of news website zougla.gr warning that a bomb has been placed at the offices of Hellenic Train and it would explode in 35 to 40 minutes. “This is not a hoax!” the man reportedly stated.
The two media alerted police that rushed to the Hellenic Train offices together with a team from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Department (TEEM).
Information indicated that the TEEM specialists found at the scene a suspected scooter without license plates with a backpack on it that was padlocked.
They did not manage to carry out a controlled explosion and the device detonated at the time the unknown man had indicated.
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🚨 Αποκλειστικό βίντεο: Η στιγμή της έκρηξης στα γραφεία της Hellenic Train στη Λεωφόρο Συγγρού
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Authorities are collecting evidence from the scene, as well as remnants of the explosive device. There is currently no report on the extent of the caused damage, news site in.gr reported.
The investigation by the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Department and the Forensic Investigations Directorate is in full swing. Six firefighters have also been dispatched to the scene with two engines.
Private company Hellenic Train S.A. (formerly Greek public TRAINOSE) is the main provider of passenger and freight rail transport in Greece. It is a 100% subsidiary of Trenitalia S.p.A. and by extension a member of the Italian state-owned group Ferrovie Dello Stato Italiane.
The Hellenic Train has been the target of small protests outside its offices due to the tragic crash of a passenger train and a freight in Tempi on February 28, 2023, where 57 mostly young people were killed.
The explosion timely coincides with the Parliament plenary decision to refer to judiciary former deputy minister to the prime minister Christos Triantopoulos, earlier on Friday evening. Triantopoulos is set to face misdemeanor charges for breach of duty over the alleged mishandling of the Tempi disaster site.
So far, that is one hour after the explosion, no organization has claimed responsibility therefore the motive is practically unknown.
