A 31-year-old man was arrested Monday afternoon in connection with a deadly explosion of an improvised device in an Athens apartment last month.
The arrest, the latest in a series linked to the blast, which has raised concerns about a growing radical network in the city, was made after authorities investigating the scene identified the man’s fingerprint on a gun bag found at the flat, located in the capital’s inner district of Ambelokipi. The 31-year-old man, expected to be brought before the prosecutor on Tuesday morning, has been arrested in the past for terrorism-related activity.
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Source: eKathimerini News
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