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Police officer injured in blast outside Athens church

News Desk (Agence France-Presse)
Athens, Greece
Thu, December 27, 2018 Published on Dec. 27, 2018 Published on 2018-12-27T14:44:44+07:00

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Greek police experts search for evidence after a bomb blast outside the Greece's SKAI TV building in Athens on December 17, 2018. A bomb blast early Monday caused minor damage to a building in Athens housing the headquarters of Greece's private radio and television network Skai, but there were no casualties, police said.
Greek police experts search for evidence after a bomb blast outside the Greece's SKAI TV building in Athens on December 17, 2018. A bomb blast early Monday caused minor damage to a building in Athens housing the headquarters of Greece's private radio and television network Skai, but there were no casualties, police said. (AFP/Angelos Tzortzinis )

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homemade explosive device went off early Thursday in front of a church in central Athens injuring a police officer but there were no immediate claims of responsibility.

The explosion happened at 7:10 am (0510 GMT) in the upmarket Kolonaki area, police said, adding that an arterial road had been sealed off.

The police officer was hospitalised with minor injuries.

Non-fatal attacks targeting centres of power and embassies have been common in Greece in recent years, often blamed on anarchists or far-left groups. 

Ten days ago, a homemade bomb exploded outside the headquarters of the Skai media group in a seaside Athens suburb causing major damage. There have been no claims of responsibility.

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