Evidence of neo-Nazi sympathies mounts against squat bombing suspects

The evidence against four young suspected neo-Nazis accused of bombing a far-left squat in Piraeus last August mounted following their arrest on Thursday morning.

Officers of Greece's counterterrorism unit conducted raids on the homes of the four suspects - aged 18 to 25 - and reportedly discovered flags bearing the Nazi Swastika as well as other paraphernalia pointing to a link with the extreme right.

Investigators found several illegal weapons as well, according to initial reports, while also conducting a raid on a fifth suspect's home, where they turned up material that could be used to build a makeshift explosive device similar to that used against the "free social space" on Navarchou Voutsi Street in the early hours of August 29.

Sources in the Citizens' Protection Ministry said the five suspects are thought to belong to an extreme right-wing group calling...