Bomb disposal
Suspicious package at SYRIZA offices cleared
Bomb disposal experts gave the all-clear on Thursday after being called in to examine a suspicious package at the ruling SYRIZA party's headquarters.
The package had been intercepted after being put through an X-ray machine at the party's downtown Athens offices on Koumoundourou Square.
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Suspicious package found at SYRIZA offices
Bomb disposal experts were called in on Thursday to examine a package that was intercepted by security at the ruling SYRIZA party's headquarters.
The package was intercepted after being put through an X-ray machine at the party's downtown Athens offices on Koumoundourou Square.
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Police carry out controlled explosion in Menidi
Bomb disposal experts destroyed a "suspicious" shoebox in a controlled explosion outside the town hall of Menidi in northern Attica late on Friday night.
Police said the box contained a shoe, a board, wires, and a piece of cloth.
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Building on Facebook Campus in California Evacuated Due to Bomb Threat
Washington, Dec 12 (Sputnik) A building on Facebook's campus in Menlo Park, California, was evacuated due to bomb threat, local media reported, citing the police.
Two Explosive Devices were Found in an Apartment in London
British police have launched a terror investigation after two homemade bombs were found hidden in a North London flat, reported the Sun.
The lethal devices were found dumped in the empty flat in Harlesden just after 9.30am on Wednesday.
The block in Craven Park was evacuated before a crack Met bomb squad swooped in to disable the explosives.
Bomb threat shuts down Panepistimiou Street in downtown Athens
Police in Athens had to close down Panepistimiou Street for an hour or so on Friday morning after a bomb threat by an anonymous caller.
The 100 emergency service received a call at around 6.30 in the morning warning that a bomb was timed to go off in 40 minutes outside Number 12, the neoclassical edifice that is home to Greece's Numismatic Museum.
Attempted bomb attack fuels fear of new terror group
Almost a year after the country's last domestic terrorist strike, the Greek Police's counterterrorism unit was Tuesday investigating an attempted bomb attack against a prosecutor in the Athens neighborhood of Vyronas.
Device in foiled attack against Dogiakos was made up of gunpowder
The ongoing police investigation into a failed bomb attack against a deputy prosecutor in Athens on Tuesday showed that the low-power explosive device was made up of a kilo of gunpowder.
As to the reason why the bomb didn't go off, police believe this may be due to a jamming of the detonation circuit, probably during its transportation on the motorcycle.
Targeted judicial official says he had not received any threats
Isidoros Dogiakos, the Supreme Court deputy prosecutor who appears to have been the target of a failed bomb attack in the early hours on Tuesday, said that he has not been subjected to any threats or intimidation recently that could explain the incident.
Bomb squad defuses device planted outside Athens home of judicial official
Bomb disposal experts defused an explosive device placed outside the Athens home of a deputy prosecutor in the early hours of Tuesday after a warning was called in.