Incendiary device

An incendiary device caused a small fire outside an apartment building in southern Athens early Tuesday morning but only caused minor damage and no injuries.

The unknown perpetrators approached the entrance located on Vosporou Street, in Glyfada, and placed an improvised incendiary device, consisting of a small butane container and a plastic bottle with flammable liquid.

Since early September, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and various bloggers have shared footage on social media of a new type of drone, known as the "dragon drone," in action. These drones have been shown releasing a thermite mixture—a combination of aluminum powder and iron oxide—over Russian positions hidden in forests.

A homemade explosive device went off at the entrance of an apartment building in the Ilioupoli district of southern Athens early Monday morning.

Two gas canisters were used in the pre-dawn blast in Louvari Street which caused material damage but no injuries.

A homemade explosive device went off outside a houseware store reportedly owned by a Super League soccer referee in the western Athens suburb of Peristeri in the early hours of Thursday.

The explosion damaged its glass panels and caused a small fire which was put out by the fire brigade.

A series of recent events, including bomb explosions and the discovery of incendiary devices near sensitive targets, are reinforcing the belief that organized crime continues to operate unchecked.

Two men who were arrested last Wednesday while trying to plant two incendiary devices outside an apartment building in the Thessaloniki suburb of Kalamaria, where a former conservative minister lives, are to face an investigating magistrate in the northern port city on Monday on a string of criminal charges.

Two men who police said were arrested early Wednesday morning while trying to plant two incendiary devices outside an apartment building in the district of Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, were expected to appear before a prosecutor on Thursday.