(ANSA-AFP) - ATHENS, FEB 10 - Greek police on Saturday said
they had arrested four men accused of possessing explosives, a
week after a bomb exploded outside the labour ministry in
Athens. The bomb exploded early on February 3 but caused no
casualties. It had been placed in a backpack and hung on
railings opposite the ministry. The suspects were arrested on
Friday "for construction and possession of explosives and
incendiary material," police said in a statement. The arrests
were not immediately tied to the blast, but one of the men had
been linked to an extremist group, the statement added. Greek
media identified the group as the Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei, an
anarchist outfit whose members served long prison terms for
letter bomb attacks. A man who anonymously called a Greek daily
to warn about the impending February 3 blast claimed to be a
member of Revolutionary Class Self-Defence, a previously unknown
organisation. (ANSA-AFP).
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA
