Mortar

Syntagma Square ‘bomb’ turns out to be old machine part

Police have lifted a cordon at downtown Athens' Syntagma Square after a chunk of metal initially believed to be an old mortar shell was identified as a machine part.

The bomb scare near the country's Parliament was sounded earlier on Tuesday after workers conducting maintenance on a water line on the corner of Nikis and Ermou streets struck metal.

Mortar shell found in downtown Patra

Police in Patra, western Greece, cordoned off a section of the city center early on Monday afternoon following the discovery of a mortar shell behind a primary cross-connection point on a street corner.

Army explosives experts were expected to collect the mortar and take it to a remote location for destruction.

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