Greek counterterrorism investigators have arrested a man in connection with an explosion that killed one person in Athens, police said Saturday, warning of “a new generation of terrorists“.
On Thursday, an explosion in an apartment in the capital killed a man and seriously injured a woman. The accidental detonation of a homemade bomb could have been the cause of the incident.
The body, identified from his dismembered remains, belongs to a 36-year-old man from the port city of Piraeus, who had already been arrested in Germany, police sources told AFP.
His fingerprints are in the international database of Europol, the European Union's police agency, the sources added.
Investigators also opened an investigation for alleged membership in a terrorist organization against the injured woman, aged 33, who was hospitalized under police surveillance, and another 30-year-old woman who is still on the run.
Two handguns, wigs and masks
The arrested man was taken into custody after turning himself in to police on Friday, police said Saturday. He would be linked to one of the two women wanted in connection with this case, but denied any link with the explosion, the police further reported.
A search of the apartment revealed, among other things, two handguns, wigs and masks.
The investigation is ongoing, police sources told AFP, adding that the deceased and the individuals charged probably belonged to “a new generation of terrorists”.
Over the past decade, dozens of arsons and bombings have hit financial, diplomatic and political targets in Greece, with police blaming radical anarchists.
