The entrance to the apartment building where former parliamentary candidate for New Democracy, Afroditi Nestora’s car was located, in which unknown attackers placed an incendiary device. The explosion caused a fire that spread to other vehicles. [Intime News]
Authorities investigating a seemingly coordinated string of arson attacks in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, that resulted in the death of one person and the injury of four, are reportedly focusing on a specific group of about 30 anarchists.
They claim that members of that group – known for having previously occupied an empty city building and rooms at the Aristotle University, before being evicted from both – either carried out the attacks themselves or guided new recruits into taking action.
The three arson attacks occurred within 17 minutes, from 4.18 a.m. to 4.35 a.m. Wednesday, and targeted officials of the ruling New Democracy party.
The first attack, in the suburb of Pylaia, against an apartment building owned by Zisis Ioakeimovits, president of ND’s regional steering committee in Thessaloniki, did no damage. The improvised device, a small gas canister with a plastic bottle containing a flammable liquid, burned out on the pavement.
