Firebomb attacks in northern Greek city target residences of governing party members
Police said five people were hospitalized after coordinated pre-dawn firebomb attacks on homes linked to Greece's ruling New Democracy party.
- Three pre-dawn firebomb attacks in Thessaloniki targeted residences of members of Greece's governing New Democracy party, leaving five people hospitalized, authorities said.
- Attacks by shadowy Greek militant groups against symbols of power are relatively frequent in Greece, although most historically cause material damage without causing injuries.
- Crude explosive devices made with camping gas canisters set cars and motorcycles ablaze between 4 a.m. and 4:45 a.m., with all injuries sustained in the final strike.
- One vehicle destroyed belonged to New Democracy parliamentary candidate Afroditi Nestora, who suffered burns; her 70-year-old mother sustained severe burns and remains in intensive care.
- The incidents reflect a persistent pattern of militant activity in Greece, including a bomb explosion outside a Thessaloniki prison guards association president's home in July 2025 and a gasoline bomb attack on an Athens police officer in June 2024.
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The mother of a ruling party politician was seriously injured in an explosion and died of her burns days later.
On Wednesday, July 1st, in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, attacks were carried out against the ruling Conservative party. The mother of a former candidate died in the evening. - Greece: one death in attacks against the ruling party (International).
3 bombings in Greece target governing party, officials say
ATHENS, Greece — Three makeshift bombs went off within minutes of each other in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki early Wednesday morning, in what senior officials described as a campaign targeting members of Greece’s conservative governing party.
Algemeen Dagblad
In the Greek city of Thessaloniki, three attacks were carried out at various apartments targeting members of the ruling New Democracy (ND) party. The parents of one of the politicians were injured in the attacks. The mother later died in the hospital.
1 person dead, several hurt after firebombs hurled at homes of Greece’s governing party members
One person died and several others were injured in three pre-dawn firebomb attacks that struck the homes of members of Greece’s governing conservative New Democracy party, authorities said Wednesday.
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