2 wounded in Greece bomb blast that targeted prison guard’s home
The guard was unharmed after about 3kg (about 6.6 pounds) of explosives went off outside his apartment building’s front door
A bomb explosion targeted the home of the president of the Greek association of prison guards early on Saturday morning in the country’s north.
The guard, named Konstantinos Varsamis on the association’s website, was left unharmed after about 3kg (about 6.6 pounds) of explosives went off at 2.10am, police said.
The explosives were placed outside his apartment building’s front door in Sykies, a suburb in the northern city of Thessaloniki, where he lives on the first floor, according to authorities. The blast damaged three apartment buildings, shattering their windows and collapsing a shared wall.
“I woke up because of the very loud bang of the explosion,” Tzetno Kelo, 52, who lives in an adjacent apartment building, said. “Shattered glass from a window fell on my bed and I was covered in blood.” He was treated at a hospital before being discharged.
Police said a witness saw a man walking in the densely built street shortly before the explosion.