Korydallos Prison

Police have launched an investigation following a minor explosion that damaged a martial arts academy in the Piraeus suburb of Korydallos on Friday morning.

According to reports, unknown individuals broke a glass window and threw an incendiary device inside around 8 a.m.

Drug enforcement officers seized a large amount of contraband, including narcotics and various banned electronic devices, during a raid at Athens' Korydallos Prison on Wednesday.

Two inmates, aged 31 and 44, were arrested after targeted searches were carried out on 45 cells.

A 45-year-old man accused of deliberate arson near Avlonas, in northern Attica, has been remanded in prison after he testified before an investigating magistrate.

The suspect denied the charges against him and claimed there is no video evidence showing him setting fires.

A 29-year-old man who has allegedly confessed to starting a wildfire in a pine forest in the central Peloponnese was remanded into pretrial custody by an investigating magistrate on Thursday.

The car of a man who works at Athens' high-security Korydallos prison was targeted in an explosion at the district of Haidari, western Athens, early Saturday morning, police said. 

The vehicle was parked in an open parking area when a hand grenade exploded at 5 a.m., causing extensive damages to the black jeep and minor ones to two more cars parked nearby.

Protesters took to the streets and clashed with police in the center of Athens on Tuesday afternoon to express support with jailed terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas. 

Earlier in the day, self-styled anarchists barged into the building housing the state-run Athens-Macedonian News Agency in Athens, chanting slogans in favor of the terrorist.

The central Athens metro stations of Syntagma and Panepistimio will be closed as of 3.30 p.m. on Tuesday on the orders of the police.

Trains will be allowed to travel through the stations but will not be making stops to let passengers on or off.

Self-styled anarchists barged into the building housing the state-run Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Tuesday, chanting slogans expressing support with jailed terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas.

Riot police made limited use of tear gas on Friday after engaging in scuffles with protesters during a demonstration of around 60 people outside Athens University to express solidarity with jailed terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas, who has been on hunger strike for several weeks.

Twenty-one people were detained. 

The downtown Athens metro stations of Panepistimio, Monastiraki and Evangelismos will be closed at 4 p.m. on Friday on the orders of the Greek police.

The station closure was ordered to take place ahead of a 5 p.m. protest rally planned outside Athens University on Panepistimiou Street in support of jailed November 17 terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas.