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It was the first time a guerrilla group placed a bomb just 30 meters from the Parliament in the center of Athens. Fifteen minutes before the blast at around 8 p.m. local time (1800 GMT) on Saturday evening, there had been a warning call to a local newspaper.
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Security personnel inspect the site after an explosion outside the Greek Parliament in Athens, capital of Greece, Jan. 9, 2009. A home-made time bomb exploded outside the Greek Parliament on Saturday evening in an uNPRecedented terrorist attack, which caused no injuries and only minor damage |
Counterterrorist experts, who rushed to gather evidence from what was left from the explosive device and footage from surveillance cameras, estimate that the attack was meant to be mostly symbolic.
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Police stand guard at the cordoned off area outside the Greek Parliament in Athens, capital of Greece, Jan. 9, 2009 |
Police were on alert, because on Jan. 12 the socialist new government which has promised a tough antiterrorist policy celebrates its first 100 days in office.
On Dec. 27, 2009 there had been a similar explosion that caused severe damage to the offices of a Greek insurance company on a main Athens avenue.
A guerrilla group called "Conspiracy of Nuclei of Fire-Nihilists Sect" claimed responsibility for that attack.