Greek Police Defuse Bomb Near Labor Ministry in Athens

Greek police defused an explosive device found in a backpack near the Labor Ministry in downtown Athens on Monday, local media reported.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – In early hours of the day, Greek newspaper Efimerida ton Syntakton received an anonymous call, warning that there was an explosive device planted near the Labor Ministry.

The police and experts immediately rushed to the ministry and defused the bomb by conducting controlled explosions, another local newspaper, Kathimerini, said.

According to media reports, no individual or organization has so far claimed responsibility for the attempted explosion, however the police presumed that the Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei anarchist organization may be linked to the incident.