Explosives engineering

A World War II anti-tank mine found in the sea in southern Athens was destroyed in a controlled explosion on Thursday morning. 

The mine was found on Wednesday night by a swimmer in the area of Kavouri, at a depth of 1.5 meters.

The detonation was carried out by the Hellenic Navy's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team after securing the area between Kavouri Avenue and Leto street.

Downtown Athens' Syntagma Square was briefly closed on Tuesday morning as police investigated a suspicious suitcase for a possible bomb.

The suitcase raised suspicions as it had been sitting unattended on the corner of Karageorgi Servias and Voulis streets for some time.

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A false alarm was raised on Wednesday by the police due to the discovery of a suitcase deemed suspicious outside the Digital Governance Ministry in Kallithea in south Athens.

A bomb disposal team arrived at the scene, and after the relevant inspection, it was determined that the suitcase did not contain anything alarming to the authorities.

The Court of First Instance of Athens was evacuated on Monday morning due to a bomb threat.

The police bomb disposal unit is currently conducting a search operation on the court grounds following the call, which occurred at 9.30 a.m.

No further information is currently available.

Authorities in Greece say a powerful bomb explosion damaged a gas station in Piraeus, south of Athens, in the early hours of Friday morning. 

There have been no reported injuries. Nearby buildings and vehicles also sustained damage from the blast, which occurred shortly after 3 a.m. on Omiridou Skylitsi Street. 

Bomb threats were reported at the embassies of the United States, Israel, and Egypt in Athens on Friday. 

According to reports, television stations were contacted and informed that bombs would detonate at the three embassies by 11.30 a.m. 

Another call warned that a bomb would go off at the parliament building. 

A previously unknown anarchist guerrilla group group identifying themselves as "Armed Response" has claimed responsibility for the failed bomb attack against a judge at the Thessaloniki courthouse in northern Greece last week, the third such incident since December.

Explosives sent to the northern port city of Thessaloniki's Courthouse earlier on Monday enclosed in an envelope were successfully defused by the bomb disposal unit, the police announced.

Greece's Anti-Terror Service launched an investigation after an active bomb was found and defused on Kokkinopoulou Street, in the area of the Zografou University Campus, near the headquarters of the riot police on Monday.