Bomb explodes in Athens
Police detain four people
Greek police yesterday detained four people suspected of taking part in a string of bomb attacks, hours after a device exploded outside the home of a socialist party member in Athens, causing only minor damage.
The explosion, which caused no inuries, took place less than two weeks before a parliamentary election which polls see the opposition socialists winning.
"Police raided an apartment and took in custody four Greeks suspected of taking part in bomb attacks this year," a police spokesman said.
Police could not confirm whether the people arrested were suspected of taking part in yesterday's attack.
The device exploded in front of the apartment where Louka Katseli, a PASOK representative for economic affairs, lives, at the fourth floor of a building in the central Athens Kolonaki area, smashing windows and slightly damaging the door.
The incident is the latest in a series of gas canister and bomb attacks by leftist and anarchist groups that have rocked Greece since the police shooting of a teenager sparked the country's worst riots in decades in December.
Earlier this month, a bomb went off outside the Athens stock exchange market causing extensive damage to the building. At the same time a home-made bomb exploded outside a government building in the northern city of Thessaloniki, causing minor damage.
The Revolutionary Struggle guerrilla group has claimed responsibility for the Athens bombing, while the Fire Conspiracy Cells group said it was behind the Thessaloniki attack.