Man who died in explosion at Ampelokipi apartment identified

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Explosion in the apartment in Ampelokipi caused by the detonation of an explosive device

Police on Saturday said it identified the man who died in the explosion on Thursday in an apartment in Ampelokipi, Athens.

According to sources, he was a 36-year-old Greek who had studied at the Polytechnic School of Patras. According to the same sources, the 36-year-old, despite being active in the anti-authoritarian space, had not previously concerned the authorities in Greece and his identification was made through the fingerprints that were in the Interpol database, as he had been arrested in Germany for participating in incidents during mobilisations.

Meanwhile,a 31-year-old who voluntarily presented himself to the police on Friday night and was arrested will be brought to the public prosecutor in the afternoon. The 31-year-old, according to information, claimed to the police that he took the keys to the apartment in Ampelokipi, where the explosion took place, from the owner’s wife, while as he said he did not know either the 36-year-old who was killed in the explosion or the 33-year-old woman who was seriously injured and is in the hospital. The 31-year-old, as he claimed, received the keys to the apartment together with his 30-year-old girlfriend, who is abroad as she resides permanently in Switzerland, and is wanted by the police.

According to a police announcement the Anti-Terrorist Squad the 31-year-old and the 30-year-old woman are facing charges for participation in a terrorist organisation and committing terrorist acts. In addition, for the same charges, a case file was also filed against the 33-year-old woman, who was arrested and continues to be treated under guard in a hospital.

Police also announced that “so far raids have been carried out in three houses and one vehicle. Police found and confiscated 2 pistols with cartridges, a number of digital evidence (laptops, tablets and USB sticks), mobile phones, sim cards, means of altering facial features such as wigs and full-face masks, numerous keys, as well as handwritten notes and blueprints”.

Source: ANA-MPA