Police investigations into the strong explosion that occurred shortly after 2 in the early morning at the apartment building in Sykies, Thessaloniki, are under way. The investigation has been undertaken by the Organized Crime Directorate, also known as “Greek FBI” and has begun with the deposition of a penitentiary who resides in the apartment building and was said to have been the target of the attack, as the explosive device was placed below his apartment.

The explosive material (TEEM) has been collected by the Department of Explosive Mechanisms (TEEM) and indicative of the size of the explosion is that at least three kilos of explosives were used according to the first estimate. The wiring of the explosive mechanism seems to have been simple and the explosion with a common detonator was triggered.

Explosion of Thessaloniki

Explosion of Thessaloniki

The perpetrators of the attack dug a hole – what is the police consider

Police are looking for video material from the area as the perpetrators dug a hole on the outside of the elevator’s well in order to place the mechanism at that point, below the prison official’s apartment. In this context, he is considering whether the employee had received threats lately.

2 The injured

As for the two slightly injured, they were people who lived in the area and when the explosion occurred, they went out of their house to see what was happening and injured on the legs of broken glasses.