Six people were arrested on Tuesday afternoon anti-terroristas a result of the great research carried out in the previous hours.

Among those arrested are two pyrotechnicians, who served in the army and the air force and who allegedly collaborated with the suspects. According to information, the extent of their involvement is being looked into, whether they provided expertise, or even if they manufactured bombs used in the terrorists’ actions.

In addition to the six arrested, four other people, who are being held in prisonsare said to be involved in the bombings that the counter-terrorism agency is investigating.

Her announcement in more detail police:

Today, February 27, 2024, the Anti-Terrorist Service (D.A.E.E.V.) carried out an organized police operation in Athens and in detention centers in the province to arrest people involved in terrorist attacks.

-10- nationals are accused of the case, of which -6- were arrested while -4- are already locked up in detention facilities.

In particular, they are accused of – as the case may be – participation in and joining a terrorist organization, criminal support and provision of essential information, attempted murder, violence against officials and judicial persons, explosion, manufacture and possession of explosive materials, damage to foreign property and violation of arms legislation.

So far, five cases have been resolved, namely:

1) dispatch of a folder laced with explosives to the Thessaloniki Courthouse, which was found on 02-12-2024,

2) explosion of an improvised explosive device in a bank branch in Petralona on 25-01-2024,

3) explosion of an improvised explosive device on 11-13-2023 in a building complex in Kifissia, where a company is housed,

4) throwing a grenade on 07-08-2023 at a car owned by a prison officer, which was parked in the parking lot of an apartment building in Haidari and

5) throwing a grenade and exploding an improvised explosive device on 24-06-2023 in the yard of a house in Larissa.

From the searches carried out in various places including 3 cells of detention centers and 9 houses, the following were found and confiscated:

battle rifle,
-3- pistols,
revolver,
carbine,
weapon parts,
quantities of explosives,
cartridges of various calibers,
mobiles, computers and portable storage devices (usb),
trace amounts of drugs,
-2- cars and motorcycle and
handwritten notes.
Those arrested will be prosecuted competently, while investigations into their participation in other similar illegal actions continue.

Prisoner the key person

The anti-terrorist units proceeded to bring in six suspects, while four other people allegedly involved in bombings were located in prisons in the province. One person is considered by the police as the “key man”, as he is known in the anti-authoritarian space, with a series of texts, through which he is allegedly even connected to domestic terrorism.

According to information, the arrests are related to the bomb attack on a bank in Petralona about a month ago, for which the newly emerging organization “Vengeance Conspiracy” claimed responsibility. The police are examining its relationship with other attacks, such as the bomb at the Ministry of Labor, but also with the shipment of a parcel bomb to the Thessaloniki courthouse.

The arrests took place in Exarchia, Domokos prisons and in another Detention Center outside Attica. Three of those involved, who were prisoners, allegedly gave orders for the bombings from their cells. These are people with a heavy criminal past.

As we mentioned above, one of them is considered by the police to be the key person due to his relationship with the anti-authoritarian space. His name was even mentioned in the text of the organization’s announcement, with which it claimed responsibility for the explosion at the bank in Petralona.

In addition to the bank in Petralona, ​​the same organization had taken responsibility for the arson attack that took place last November in Kifissia, at the offices of a construction company related to the Calatrava shelter.

Last July, the Revenge Partnership targeted the car of a Korydallos prison officer. The members of the organization threw a grenade at the car that was parked in an open-air parking lot in Haidari, as a result of which it suffered extensive material damage from the explosion.