A pump planted near the offices of Hellenic Train, the main railway company in Greece, exploded on Friday night, April 11, in a busy district of the center of Athens, authorities said. There were no reports or injuries.
The explosion occurs in the middle of the public anger generalized by a 2023 rail accident, the worst of Greece, in which 57 people were killed and more annoying Diders when a cargo train and a passenger train that were headed in opposite directions accidentally put themselves.
The local media said that a newspaper and a news website had received an anonymous call shortly before Friday’s explosion, with the call that a bomb had planted Bone outside the railway companies and would explode in about 40 minutes.
In a statement, Hellenic Train said the explosion occurred “very close to its central crimes” and said the explosion had caused limited damage and no injuries to employees or passersby.
He said that the authorities had acted immediately upon receiving information about the warning call and that the company was cooperating with the authorities and ensuring the security of its staff.
The police cordoned off the site along an important avenue in the Greek capital, keeping residents and tourists away from the building in an area with several bars and restaurants. The officers on the scene said that a bag containing an explosive device had placed the leg near the Helenic train building in Syngrou Avenue.
Police forensic experts who used white overalls were collecting evidence on the scene.
Debate alerated in Parliament
Criticism about the management of the collision government of February 28, 2023 in Tempe in northern Greece have been mounted in recent weeks following the second anniversary of the disaster, which mainly killed the young people who had been.
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The clash presented severe deficiencies in the Greece rail system, including security systems and has triggered mass protests, led by relatives of the victims, the conservative government of Antress. Critics accused the authorities not to assume political responsibility for disaster or hold the senior officials. Until now, only rail officials have bone accused of any crime. Several protests in recent weeks have become violent, and protesters face the police.
The earliest Friday, a heated debate in the Parliament on the railway accident led legislators to vote to refer a former cabinet minister to the judicial authorities to be investigated for alleged violation of duty on their management of the immediate consequences of the accident.
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