The authorities proceeded to identify the man who was killed in the explosion that took place on Thursday in the apartment in Ampelokipi.

According to the first information, it is a man, about 30 years old.

A 31-year-old man was arrested for the explosion in Ampelokipi

Earlier today, Anti-Terrorism proceeded to arrest a man. It is about a 31-year-old man who, together with his 30-year-old partner, had given the keys to Arkadias Street to the androgynous man who was inside the apartment at the time of the explosion.

The man voluntarily went as a witness to the Anti-Terrorist Police yesterday and was subsequently arrested.

He denied having anything to do with the explosion.

He is expected to be taken to the prosecutor at noon.

Dimoglidou: “The explosive device would not stay in their hands for long”

“Kalimera”, the press representative of EL, spoke on Saturday morning to SKAI and on the show about the anti-terrorist investigations and about the information available to the authorities so far after the explosion of the improvised explosive device in an apartment in Ampelokipi. .AS, Constantia Dimoglidou.

As EL.AS said, it is currently looking for information on which people had access to the apartment. As she said, they are trying to determine if it is a new group that was active in the area and was preparing an attack.

“Everything shows that a man was standing on top of a makeshift mechanism. Something went wrong and led to the very powerful explosion,” said Mrs. Dimoglidou.

At the same time, the press representative of EL.AS said that investigations are being carried out so that the anti-terrorist people can understand where the mechanism could be placed. However, as he clarified it is too early to talk about who the possible target was.

“We are waiting for the results from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations to see what was used in this device, if there are any remains” said Mrs. Dimoglidou.

As for when the mechanism would be activated, he argued that they usually don’t hold these items for too long in their hands either to avoid making a mistake or to avoid detection. “It wouldn’t stay in their hands for long,” he said.

Regarding the injured woman, he said that she is not yet able to speak. As for the man who was dismembered, they are examining with DNA to find out if he belonged to the area of ​​anti-authoritarians.