Letter bomb suspect to testify to magistrate on Wednesday

A 29-year-old man accused of mailing several letter bombs to foreign and Greek financial officials - including one that exploded in the hands of former prime minister Lucas Papademos in May, injuring him seriously - has been given until Wednesday to testify to a special investigating magistrate.

The suspect, identified as Constantinos Giagtzoglou, was ordered to submit to a test by investigating authorities, so that forensic analysts can check whether his DNA is compatible with trace evidence found on one of eight booby-trapped envelopes intercepted at the Greek capital's central mail facility in Kryoneri in March. All mail came under close scrutiny earlier that month after German authorities stopped a letter bomb that had been posted from Greece and was addressed to former finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble.

Investigators also have good reason to believe that...