Greece's counterterrorism unit is closing in on two suspects related to a bomb that exploded at Hellenic Train on Friday. No injuries were sustained in the explosion, as authorities were warned in advanced that it would be detonated.
The organization calls itself "Revolutionary Class Self-Defense" and says it was also responsible for an attack on Greece's Ministry of Labor.
Details continue to emerge about the bombing, while questions over the lack of security at the offices perplex.
Greek authorities are probing the details of Friday night’s bomb blast outside Hellenic Train headquarters.
Authorities were notified that an anonymous caller had called a local media outlet at 20.53 to warn of the bomb, claiming it would detonate in 35 to 40 minutes
The president of the Hellenic Train workers firmly denies the allegations that 2.5 tons of flammable material were stored on the freight train involved in the Tempi disaster.
The Prosecutor’s Office has summoned the former CEO of the Hellenic Train, Maurizio Kapotorto following statements he made before a Parliamentary Inquiry Committee last year, according to which there was no suspicious cargo on the fatal Tempi freight train in 2023 which killed 57 people, the majority of which were university students. The former CEO […]
The Hellenic Train company has released another statement implicitly denying allegations that their trains were carrying flammable cargo in the Tempi crash.
The reports claim that the Tempi rail disaster in late February 2023 and the continuing fall-out from the deadly train collision – which claimed 57 lives – along with slumping revenues are the reasons for the purported de-investment
On Monday afternoon, a potentially catastrophic train collision was narrowly avoided in northern Greece. Today Hellenic Railways has announced it is investigating the safety systems in the area.