Terrorism in Greece
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Terrorism in Greece is primarily committed by far-left, revolutionary Marxist organizations.
paramilitary group known for its attacks on Greek government buildings. It is widely described as a terrorist organization by both the Greek government and the media.
terrorist organization that conducted 13 bomb attacks in Athens between 1996 and 2000. The first attack for which RN took credit was a bomb attack on Greek Coast Guard installations in Piraeus on 11 May 1997, but it later acknowledged that two earlier attacks were carried out by RN members. Per its four proclamations, RN fought against the "imperialist domination, exploitation, and oppression" of Greece.
On 27 April 1999 an RN bomb targeting a conference at the Intercontinental Hotel in Athens killed one person (Despite telephoned warnings, the building was not evacuated). In December 1999 RN set off explosives near Texaco
's offices in Athens.
RN members bombed the Citigroup
offices in Athens and a Greek-American sculptor's studio in November 2000. RN then disappeared without explanation.
day-excursion ship in 1988.
2000
March 5. The Revolutionary Cells
claimed responsibility for a time bomb that went off at the AKTOR construction company firm's office in Khalandri. The blast caused damage to the entrance of the company and to surrounding cars.
October 23. An explosive device detonated outside the Greek police pavilion at the Thessaloniki
International Trade Fair. At the site, authorities found the initials "LEM" written on a piece of cardboard. Police blame this organization, the Popular Revolutionary Front (LEM), for the attack. The explosion caused only minor damage to the pavilion.
2001
After the September 11, 2001 attacks
the Greek government allowed the U.S. to use Greek airspace and joined the War on Terror
. As part of Operation Enduring Freedom the Greek Navy kept a frigate
in the Arabian Sea
for almost two years. The governments of the United States and Greece signed protocols updating treaties on extradition
in January 2006.
March 17. A group calling itself the Committee for Promotion of Intransigence claimed responsibility for an explosive attack against the Mercedes-Ioannidhis car agency in Thessaloniki
. The perpetrators threw three explosive devices, consisting of gas canisters and containers of flammable material outside the shop. The blasts damaged two of the cars parked in the lot. In their claim of responsibility, the group writes, "Early this morning we hit one of the symbols of spectacular misery and consumers' impassive state, the Mercedes agent.
May 5. Three explosive devices detonated in succession at a police station in the Kalithea neighborhood of Athens
. The blasts caused major damage to the station but there were no reported injuries. An anonymous caller tipped authorities off to the location of the devices, and the area was cordoned off before the blasts took place. The attack comes 100 days before the start of the Olympics. On 13 May, the Revolutionary Struggle
claimed responsibility for this attack. In their statement, the group writes, "with regard to the Olympic Games, we say that Greece's transformation into a fortress, NATO's involvement, the presence and activities of foreign intelligence units show clearly that (the Olympics) are not a festival like Games organizers say, but it’s a war."..
2007
fired an anti-tank missile at the United States
embassy
in
Athens
, failing to injure anyone. Byron Polydoras, the Greek public order minister, said an anonymous phone call from a member of the Revolutionary Struggle claimed responsibility. Traffic on roads came to a halt as police searched the area for suspects.
Kostas Karamanlis met with Vangelis Meimarakis
, the Minister of National Defence, and Byron Polydoras the Minister of Public Order, on 18 January 2007. They discussed terrorism and the use of CCTV
, which Defense Minister Meimarakis supports. Public Order Minister Polydoras updated Prime Minister Karamanlis on the investigation into the U.S. embassy attack.
2008
January 20. A Chilean diplomatic car was destroyed by an IED. An organization calling itself Radical Solidarity claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it had been in support of Chile’s indigenous population.
October 24. At about 4:00 a.m. police were able to defuse a homemade explosive that had been left outside the offices of Royal Dutch Shell
. They had received an anonymous phone call warning of the device's location. Authorities usually attribute similar attacks to extreme leftists and anarchists.
district of central Athens. The death of Grigoropoulos resulted in large protests and demonstrations, which escalated to widespread rioting, with hundreds of rioters damaging property and engaging riot police with Molotov cocktails, stones and other objects.
The riots caused a resurgence in terrorist activity, which has largely waned after 2002. A number of far-left, anarchist
and communist
groups made their appearance and carried a series of attacks. Moreover, far-right terrorism, directed at immigrants and anarchists, also appeared in a more organized form.
January 5. A Greek riot policeman has been left seriously injured after being shot in central Athens. A group calling itself Popular Action
claimed to be behind that attack.
February 3. Gunmen attacked a police station in Korydallos
municipality, in the western suburbs of Athens, firing weapons and throwing a hand grenade. Sect of Revolutionaries
claimed responsibility..
February 18. Two gunmen fired 13 shots into a private T.V studio's compound and tossed in an explosive device before fleeing on two sport motorcycles. No one was hurt or killed in the incident and the bomb failed to explode. Sect of Revolutionaries
claimed responsibility.
March 18. A homemade bomb exploded at the government office of the ruling party in Greece, causing damage but no injuries according to the police. Deputy Kyriakos Mitsotakis
was not at the office during the attack.
May 12. In southern Athens at a Eurobank a bomb exploded early in the morning causing damage to the building but no injuries or deaths. It is believed the be the fourth attack by far-left militants on government targets since the beginning of the year.
June 17. Leftist urban guerrillas shot dead a Greek anti-terrorism policeman in Athens
on Wednesday in the worst attack since riots in December launched a wave of bombings and shootings in Greece. Sect of Revolutionaries
claimed responsibility.
July 7. An explosion rocks the house of former Minister of Internal Affairs, Panagiotis Chinofotis
. The anarchist group Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
claimed responsibility. The group claimed that Chinofotis was bearing responsibility for the murder of Alexandros Grigoropoulos.
September 2. A bomb in a van explodes outside the Athens Stock Exchange, injuring a passerby and damaging the building, and a bomb explodes outside a government building in Thessaloniki causing minor damage but no injuries.Revolutionary Struggle
claimed responsibility.
September 24. Home-made bomb blasts outside Greek politician's home in Athens. A weak explosion caused by a home-made bomb in an apartment building in the center of Athens Wednesday, outside the apartment of a former minister of the main opposition socialist party PASOK Gerasimos Arsenis
and his wife Louka Katseli
.
After the attacks the police carried a raid during the night on a house in the northeastern Athens district of Halandri that counterterrorism officers have been monitoring for months. It resulted in the arrest of four suspects that police believe might be responsible for the attack. The suspects are supposed to be members of anarchist
terrorist group Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
.
October 27. A machinegun attack on the Agia Paraskevi
police precinct left six officers injured, two of them seriously
October 30. A time bomb detonated outside the Athens home of prominent conservative opposition member of the European Parliament, Marietta Giannakou
, early yesterday, causing minor damage and no injuries. Anarchist
group Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
claimed responsibility.
November 14. A bomb detonated in front of the home of PASOK deputy Mimis Androulakis in Kareas suburb, in eastern Athens. Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
claimed responsibility. The group called Androulakis a traitor of the left wing cause.
After the attack, a 22-years old girl was arrested as a suspected member of the anarchist group.
November 16. Anarchist terrorist group Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
announces its alliance with fellow anarchist group Terrorist Guerillas.
November 24. A time bomb detonated outside the political office of MEP and actor Yannis Vouros.
A bomb attack against the antiauthoritarian centre BuenoVentura came in the early hours of the morning, in the city of Salonica, causing only material damage to the premises. Police suspects neo-fascist groups behind the blast.
December 3. An appeals court on Thursday overturned the convictions of three Greeks who had been found guilty of belonging to far-left terrorist group Revolutionary Popular Struggle (ELA), that was blamed for dozens of attacks on American targets.
December 28. A makeshift bomb went off at 23:01 on Sunday night in the Athens district of Neos Kosmos. The explosion targeted the Ethniki Asfalistiki building off Syngrou Avenue. Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
claimed responsibility
2010
January 9. Urban guerillas exploded a makeshift bomb outside Greece's parliament on Saturday evening causing no injuries and minor damage, police said. The latest in a series of blasts, the explosion took place in the heart of Athens, a well policed area where some of the capital's best hotels and the finance ministry are located. Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
claimed responsibility
January 15. Armed assailants yesterday broke into the office of Deputy Justice Minister Apostolos Katsifaras and beat up two of his aides using batons and hammers. The two employees were hospitalized with heavy bruising. Katsifaras was absent at the time.
January 16. A makeshift bomb has exploded outside Greece's press ministry building, causing material damage but not injuries, police say. The bomb went off outside the government building in the capital Athens late on Friday, just after private television stations Alter and Antenna had received anonymous warnings by telephone that an explosion was imminent.
February 16. A bomb exploded against the U.S. bank JPMorgan, causing material damage. An unknown person had phoned the police of the impending explosion. The police had time to complete the evacuation of the Kolonaki district
, before the blast.
February 26. A makeshift bomb has exploded against the office of deputy Pemi Zouni, member of PASOK, in Athens causing material damage but no injuries.
February 28. A bomb made from small gas canisters exploded at a branch of Millennium Bank in Thessaloniki causing material damage but no injuries. In a second time a police patrol was attacked with stones, bottles and Molotov cocktail
in Athens.
March 11. Lambros Fountas, 35 years old, is killed after an exchange of fire with police. Fountas was considered to be an associate member of terrorist organizations "Revolutionary Struggle" and "Sect of revolutionaries", by the police
March 19. A bomb exploded inside the office building of the Greek far right party in Athens. The bomb did severe damage to the building. No one was injured in the attack. Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
claimed responsibility
March 20. A second bomb attack occurred when a bomb exploded outside the home of a Pakistani community leader in Athens. No one was killed or injured in the blast and some damage was done to the entrance of the apartment building and three cars. Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
claimed responsibility
March 20. A new bomb exploded against a police center in Athens. The bomb did lightly damage and no one was killed or injured. Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
claimed responsibility
March 28. A bomb exploded outside a public building in the Greek capital of Athens killing one and injuring two. It is known that left-wing militants are the most likely of suspects for this particular bombing.
June 24. A parcel bomb exploded at the offices of Greece's public order ministry in Athens and killed a close aide to the minister responsible for counter-terrorism.
On 30. December 2010 a motorcycle-bomb caused huge damage to a Athens courthouse, but caused no injuries as police had evacuated the area after a warning call. The online proclamation was signed as Conspiracy Nuclei of Fire.
Revolutionary Organization 17 November
The Greek government arrested many members of the 17 November organization in the summer of 2002. In 2003 15 members were found guilty of multiple murders and convicted for more than 2,500 crimes. In December 2005 a three-judge panel began an appeals trial.Revolutionary Struggle
The Revolutionary Struggle is a far-left GreekGreece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
paramilitary group known for its attacks on Greek government buildings. It is widely described as a terrorist organization by both the Greek government and the media.
Revolutionary Nuclei
Revolutionary Nuclei was a far-left, anti-U.S., anti-NATO, and anti-European UnionEuropean Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
terrorist organization that conducted 13 bomb attacks in Athens between 1996 and 2000. The first attack for which RN took credit was a bomb attack on Greek Coast Guard installations in Piraeus on 11 May 1997, but it later acknowledged that two earlier attacks were carried out by RN members. Per its four proclamations, RN fought against the "imperialist domination, exploitation, and oppression" of Greece.
On 27 April 1999 an RN bomb targeting a conference at the Intercontinental Hotel in Athens killed one person (Despite telephoned warnings, the building was not evacuated). In December 1999 RN set off explosives near Texaco
Texaco
Texaco is the name of an American oil retail brand. Its flagship product is its fuel "Texaco with Techron". It also owns the Havoline motor oil brand....
's offices in Athens.
RN members bombed the Citigroup
Citigroup
Citigroup Inc. or Citi is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. Citigroup was formed from one of the world's largest mergers in history by combining the banking giant Citicorp and financial conglomerate...
offices in Athens and a Greek-American sculptor's studio in November 2000. RN then disappeared without explanation.
1974 - 2002
The Abu Nidal Organization attacked a City of PorosPoros
Poros is a small Greek island-pair in the southern part of the Saronic Gulf, at a distance about 58 km south from Piraeus and separated from the Peloponnese by a 200-metre wide sea channel, with the town of Galatas on the mainland across the strait. Its surface is about and it has 4,117...
day-excursion ship in 1988.
2000
March 5. The Revolutionary Cells
Revolutionary Cells
The Revolutionary Cells – Animal Liberation Brigade , known simply as Animal Liberation Brigade, is a name used by animal liberationists who advocate the use of freedom and a diversity of tactics within the animal liberation movement, whether non-violent or not...
claimed responsibility for a time bomb that went off at the AKTOR construction company firm's office in Khalandri. The blast caused damage to the entrance of the company and to surrounding cars.
October 23. An explosive device detonated outside the Greek police pavilion at the Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
International Trade Fair. At the site, authorities found the initials "LEM" written on a piece of cardboard. Police blame this organization, the Popular Revolutionary Front (LEM), for the attack. The explosion caused only minor damage to the pavilion.
2001
After the September 11, 2001 attacks
September 11, 2001 attacks
The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...
the Greek government allowed the U.S. to use Greek airspace and joined the War on Terror
War on Terror
The War on Terror is a term commonly applied to an international military campaign led by the United States and the United Kingdom with the support of other North Atlantic Treaty Organisation as well as non-NATO countries...
. As part of Operation Enduring Freedom the Greek Navy kept a frigate
Frigate
A frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...
in the Arabian Sea
Arabian Sea
The Arabian Sea is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on the east by India, on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by the Arabian Peninsula, on the south, approximately, by a line between Cape Guardafui in northeastern Somalia and Kanyakumari in India...
for almost two years. The governments of the United States and Greece signed protocols updating treaties on extradition
Extradition
Extradition is the official process whereby one nation or state surrenders a suspected or convicted criminal to another nation or state. Between nation states, extradition is regulated by treaties...
in January 2006.
2002 - December 2008 - Decline of terrorist activity
2004March 17. A group calling itself the Committee for Promotion of Intransigence claimed responsibility for an explosive attack against the Mercedes-Ioannidhis car agency in Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
. The perpetrators threw three explosive devices, consisting of gas canisters and containers of flammable material outside the shop. The blasts damaged two of the cars parked in the lot. In their claim of responsibility, the group writes, "Early this morning we hit one of the symbols of spectacular misery and consumers' impassive state, the Mercedes agent.
May 5. Three explosive devices detonated in succession at a police station in the Kalithea neighborhood of Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
. The blasts caused major damage to the station but there were no reported injuries. An anonymous caller tipped authorities off to the location of the devices, and the area was cordoned off before the blasts took place. The attack comes 100 days before the start of the Olympics. On 13 May, the Revolutionary Struggle
Revolutionary Struggle
Revolutionary Struggle is a Greek rebel group known for its attacks on Greek government buildings and the American embassy in Athens...
claimed responsibility for this attack. In their statement, the group writes, "with regard to the Olympic Games, we say that Greece's transformation into a fortress, NATO's involvement, the presence and activities of foreign intelligence units show clearly that (the Olympics) are not a festival like Games organizers say, but it’s a war."..
2007
2007 United States embassy attack
On 11 January 2007 members of the Revolutionary StruggleRevolutionary Struggle
Revolutionary Struggle is a Greek rebel group known for its attacks on Greek government buildings and the American embassy in Athens...
fired an anti-tank missile at the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
embassy
Embassy of the United States in Athens
The Embassy of the United States in Athens is the embassy of the United States in Greece, in the capital city of Athens. The embassy is charged with diplomacy and Greece–United States relations. The United States Ambassador to Greece is the head of the diplomatic mission of the United States to...
in
Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, failing to injure anyone. Byron Polydoras, the Greek public order minister, said an anonymous phone call from a member of the Revolutionary Struggle claimed responsibility. Traffic on roads came to a halt as police searched the area for suspects.
Counter-terrorism
Prime MinisterPrime Minister of Greece
The Prime Minister of Greece , officially the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic , is the head of government of the Hellenic Republic and the leader of the Greek cabinet. The current interim Prime Minister is Lucas Papademos, a former Vice President of the European Central Bank, following...
Kostas Karamanlis met with Vangelis Meimarakis
Vangelis Meimarakis
Evangelos "Vangelis" Meimarakis is a Greek lawyer and politician, former Minister of National Defence of Greece.He was born in Athens, and is a Cretan. Meimarakis joined New Democracy in 1974. He was involved in student union politics while at Panteion University and was a founding member of...
, the Minister of National Defence, and Byron Polydoras the Minister of Public Order, on 18 January 2007. They discussed terrorism and the use of CCTV
Closed-circuit television
Closed-circuit television is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors....
, which Defense Minister Meimarakis supports. Public Order Minister Polydoras updated Prime Minister Karamanlis on the investigation into the U.S. embassy attack.
2008
January 20. A Chilean diplomatic car was destroyed by an IED. An organization calling itself Radical Solidarity claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it had been in support of Chile’s indigenous population.
October 24. At about 4:00 a.m. police were able to defuse a homemade explosive that had been left outside the offices of Royal Dutch Shell
Royal Dutch Shell
Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six...
. They had received an anonymous phone call warning of the device's location. Authorities usually attribute similar attacks to extreme leftists and anarchists.
December 2008 Riots and resurgence
The 2008 Greek riots started on 6 December 2008, when Alexandros Grigoropoulos (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Γρηγορόπουλος), a 15-year-old student, was fatally shot by Epaminondas Korkoneas, a police officer. The shooting occurred after an altercation between a police patrol and a small group of youths in the ExarcheiaExarcheia
Exarcheia, alternatively spelled as Exarchia, Exarheia and Exarhia , is the name of a neighborhood in downtown Athens, Greece close to the historical building of the National Technical University of Athens. The Exarcheia region is famous as a stomping ground for Greek anarchists...
district of central Athens. The death of Grigoropoulos resulted in large protests and demonstrations, which escalated to widespread rioting, with hundreds of rioters damaging property and engaging riot police with Molotov cocktails, stones and other objects.
The riots caused a resurgence in terrorist activity, which has largely waned after 2002. A number of far-left, anarchist
Anarchism
Anarchism is generally defined as the political philosophy which holds the state to be undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, or alternatively as opposing authority in the conduct of human relations...
and communist
Communism
Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...
groups made their appearance and carried a series of attacks. Moreover, far-right terrorism, directed at immigrants and anarchists, also appeared in a more organized form.
Post - December 2008
2009January 5. A Greek riot policeman has been left seriously injured after being shot in central Athens. A group calling itself Popular Action
Popular Action
Popular Action is a centrist and social liberal party in Peru.Fernando Belaúnde founded Popular Action in 1956 as a reformist alternative to the status quo conservative forces and the controversial American Popular Revolutionary Alliance party.Although Belaúnde's message was not all that...
claimed to be behind that attack.
February 3. Gunmen attacked a police station in Korydallos
Korydallos
Korydallos is a municipality in the Piraeus regional unit, Greece. It is a western suburb of Piraeus. It is the home of the Korydallos prisons. It sits on a mountain in the west named Aegaleo. It is located W of Athens, N of Piraeus and S of GR-8/E55 and Athinon Avenue.Farming used to dominate...
municipality, in the western suburbs of Athens, firing weapons and throwing a hand grenade. Sect of Revolutionaries
Sect of Revolutionaries
The Sect of Revolutionaries is a Greek paramilitary group. They first became known in February 2009 with a threat to kill Greek police officers at the Police-station in Korydallos...
claimed responsibility..
February 18. Two gunmen fired 13 shots into a private T.V studio's compound and tossed in an explosive device before fleeing on two sport motorcycles. No one was hurt or killed in the incident and the bomb failed to explode. Sect of Revolutionaries
Sect of Revolutionaries
The Sect of Revolutionaries is a Greek paramilitary group. They first became known in February 2009 with a threat to kill Greek police officers at the Police-station in Korydallos...
claimed responsibility.
March 18. A homemade bomb exploded at the government office of the ruling party in Greece, causing damage but no injuries according to the police. Deputy Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Kyriakos Mitsotakis Kyriakos Mitsotakis Kyriakos Mitsotakis (born 4 March 1968 is a Greek politician with New Democracy.Born in Athens, he is the son of the former Greek prime minister and honorary president of the New Democracy political party, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, and Marika Giannoukou....
was not at the office during the attack.
May 12. In southern Athens at a Eurobank a bomb exploded early in the morning causing damage to the building but no injuries or deaths. It is believed the be the fourth attack by far-left militants on government targets since the beginning of the year.
June 17. Leftist urban guerrillas shot dead a Greek anti-terrorism policeman in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
on Wednesday in the worst attack since riots in December launched a wave of bombings and shootings in Greece. Sect of Revolutionaries
Sect of Revolutionaries
The Sect of Revolutionaries is a Greek paramilitary group. They first became known in February 2009 with a threat to kill Greek police officers at the Police-station in Korydallos...
claimed responsibility.
July 7. An explosion rocks the house of former Minister of Internal Affairs, Panagiotis Chinofotis
Panagiotis Chinofotis
Admiral Panagiotis Chinofotis is a Member of Parliament with the New Democracy party, a former Vice-Minister of the Interior and a former Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff.Born in Athens, Chinofotis graduated from the Hellenic Naval Academy and was commissioned an...
. The anarchist group Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
The Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei is a radical anarchist organization based in Greece. SPF first surfaced on January 21, 2008 with a wave of 11 firebombings against luxury car dealerships and banks in Athens and Thessaloniki...
claimed responsibility. The group claimed that Chinofotis was bearing responsibility for the murder of Alexandros Grigoropoulos.
September 2. A bomb in a van explodes outside the Athens Stock Exchange, injuring a passerby and damaging the building, and a bomb explodes outside a government building in Thessaloniki causing minor damage but no injuries.Revolutionary Struggle
Revolutionary Struggle
Revolutionary Struggle is a Greek rebel group known for its attacks on Greek government buildings and the American embassy in Athens...
claimed responsibility.
September 24. Home-made bomb blasts outside Greek politician's home in Athens. A weak explosion caused by a home-made bomb in an apartment building in the center of Athens Wednesday, outside the apartment of a former minister of the main opposition socialist party PASOK Gerasimos Arsenis
Gerasimos Arsenis
Gerasimos Arsenis , is a Greek politician who served as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament and a Minister, in several Governments with the Panhellenic Socialist Movement.-Life:...
and his wife Louka Katseli
Louka Katseli
Louka Katseli is the former Greek Minister for Labour and Social Security.-Early life and education:...
.
After the attacks the police carried a raid during the night on a house in the northeastern Athens district of Halandri that counterterrorism officers have been monitoring for months. It resulted in the arrest of four suspects that police believe might be responsible for the attack. The suspects are supposed to be members of anarchist
Anarchism
Anarchism is generally defined as the political philosophy which holds the state to be undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, or alternatively as opposing authority in the conduct of human relations...
terrorist group Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
The Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei is a radical anarchist organization based in Greece. SPF first surfaced on January 21, 2008 with a wave of 11 firebombings against luxury car dealerships and banks in Athens and Thessaloniki...
.
October 27. A machinegun attack on the Agia Paraskevi
Agia Paraskevi
Agia Paraskevi , is a suburb of Athens, Greece, in the northeast of Athens, about nine kilometers away from the city centre. It is linked to Athens by Mesogeion Avenue, a major road in the greater Athens area. It is a municipality within Attica region....
police precinct left six officers injured, two of them seriously
October 30. A time bomb detonated outside the Athens home of prominent conservative opposition member of the European Parliament, Marietta Giannakou
Marietta Giannakou
Marietta Giannakou is a Greek politician, member of New Democracy. She is the former Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs of Greece....
, early yesterday, causing minor damage and no injuries. Anarchist
Anarchism
Anarchism is generally defined as the political philosophy which holds the state to be undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, or alternatively as opposing authority in the conduct of human relations...
group Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
The Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei is a radical anarchist organization based in Greece. SPF first surfaced on January 21, 2008 with a wave of 11 firebombings against luxury car dealerships and banks in Athens and Thessaloniki...
claimed responsibility.
November 14. A bomb detonated in front of the home of PASOK deputy Mimis Androulakis in Kareas suburb, in eastern Athens. Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
The Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei is a radical anarchist organization based in Greece. SPF first surfaced on January 21, 2008 with a wave of 11 firebombings against luxury car dealerships and banks in Athens and Thessaloniki...
claimed responsibility. The group called Androulakis a traitor of the left wing cause.
After the attack, a 22-years old girl was arrested as a suspected member of the anarchist group.
November 16. Anarchist terrorist group Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
The Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei is a radical anarchist organization based in Greece. SPF first surfaced on January 21, 2008 with a wave of 11 firebombings against luxury car dealerships and banks in Athens and Thessaloniki...
announces its alliance with fellow anarchist group Terrorist Guerillas.
November 24. A time bomb detonated outside the political office of MEP and actor Yannis Vouros.
A bomb attack against the antiauthoritarian centre BuenoVentura came in the early hours of the morning, in the city of Salonica, causing only material damage to the premises. Police suspects neo-fascist groups behind the blast.
December 3. An appeals court on Thursday overturned the convictions of three Greeks who had been found guilty of belonging to far-left terrorist group Revolutionary Popular Struggle (ELA), that was blamed for dozens of attacks on American targets.
December 28. A makeshift bomb went off at 23:01 on Sunday night in the Athens district of Neos Kosmos. The explosion targeted the Ethniki Asfalistiki building off Syngrou Avenue. Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
The Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei is a radical anarchist organization based in Greece. SPF first surfaced on January 21, 2008 with a wave of 11 firebombings against luxury car dealerships and banks in Athens and Thessaloniki...
claimed responsibility
2010
January 9. Urban guerillas exploded a makeshift bomb outside Greece's parliament on Saturday evening causing no injuries and minor damage, police said. The latest in a series of blasts, the explosion took place in the heart of Athens, a well policed area where some of the capital's best hotels and the finance ministry are located. Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
The Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei is a radical anarchist organization based in Greece. SPF first surfaced on January 21, 2008 with a wave of 11 firebombings against luxury car dealerships and banks in Athens and Thessaloniki...
claimed responsibility
January 15. Armed assailants yesterday broke into the office of Deputy Justice Minister Apostolos Katsifaras and beat up two of his aides using batons and hammers. The two employees were hospitalized with heavy bruising. Katsifaras was absent at the time.
January 16. A makeshift bomb has exploded outside Greece's press ministry building, causing material damage but not injuries, police say. The bomb went off outside the government building in the capital Athens late on Friday, just after private television stations Alter and Antenna had received anonymous warnings by telephone that an explosion was imminent.
February 16. A bomb exploded against the U.S. bank JPMorgan, causing material damage. An unknown person had phoned the police of the impending explosion. The police had time to complete the evacuation of the Kolonaki district
Kolonaki
Kolonaki , literally "Little Column" is a neighborhood in central Athens, Greece. It is located on the southwestern slopes of Lycabettus hill.Kolonaki is a wealthy, chic and upmarket district, and a fashionable meeting area...
, before the blast.
February 26. A makeshift bomb has exploded against the office of deputy Pemi Zouni, member of PASOK, in Athens causing material damage but no injuries.
February 28. A bomb made from small gas canisters exploded at a branch of Millennium Bank in Thessaloniki causing material damage but no injuries. In a second time a police patrol was attacked with stones, bottles and Molotov cocktail
Molotov cocktail
The Molotov cocktail, also known as the petrol bomb, gasoline bomb, Molotov bomb, fire bottle, fire bomb, or simply Molotov, is a generic name used for a variety of improvised incendiary weapons...
in Athens.
March 11. Lambros Fountas, 35 years old, is killed after an exchange of fire with police. Fountas was considered to be an associate member of terrorist organizations "Revolutionary Struggle" and "Sect of revolutionaries", by the police
March 19. A bomb exploded inside the office building of the Greek far right party in Athens. The bomb did severe damage to the building. No one was injured in the attack. Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
The Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei is a radical anarchist organization based in Greece. SPF first surfaced on January 21, 2008 with a wave of 11 firebombings against luxury car dealerships and banks in Athens and Thessaloniki...
claimed responsibility
March 20. A second bomb attack occurred when a bomb exploded outside the home of a Pakistani community leader in Athens. No one was killed or injured in the blast and some damage was done to the entrance of the apartment building and three cars. Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
The Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei is a radical anarchist organization based in Greece. SPF first surfaced on January 21, 2008 with a wave of 11 firebombings against luxury car dealerships and banks in Athens and Thessaloniki...
claimed responsibility
March 20. A new bomb exploded against a police center in Athens. The bomb did lightly damage and no one was killed or injured. Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
The Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei is a radical anarchist organization based in Greece. SPF first surfaced on January 21, 2008 with a wave of 11 firebombings against luxury car dealerships and banks in Athens and Thessaloniki...
claimed responsibility
March 28. A bomb exploded outside a public building in the Greek capital of Athens killing one and injuring two. It is known that left-wing militants are the most likely of suspects for this particular bombing.
June 24. A parcel bomb exploded at the offices of Greece's public order ministry in Athens and killed a close aide to the minister responsible for counter-terrorism.
On 30. December 2010 a motorcycle-bomb caused huge damage to a Athens courthouse, but caused no injuries as police had evacuated the area after a warning call. The online proclamation was signed as Conspiracy Nuclei of Fire.