French officials in Athens probing anarchist's role in 2017 IMF parcel bomb

More than a year after a letter bomb sent from Greece exploded at International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Paris, injuring the employee who opened it, French counterterrorism and judicial officials were in Athens recently to discuss the progress of investigations with their Greek counterparts, Kathimerini has learned.

Officials are examining the possible connection between the Paris explosion of March 16, 2017, which was later claimed by urban guerrilla group Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire, and Greek anarchists held at Athens's high-security Korydallos Prison. At the center of the investigation is 30-year-old Constantinos Giagtzoglou, accused of sending the letter bomb that seriously injured former prime minister Lucas Papademos, and others addressed to 10 European officials in the period between March and May 2017. Giagtzoglou, who was arrested last October, has...