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Organized Crime Unit Investigates Bombing of Thessaloniki Home of Prison Guards’ Chief

Police are reviewing CCTV footage to trace potential gang-related motives following the explosion that injured two civilians.

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A man looks at a damaged shop following a strong blast in Thessaloniki on July 26, 2025. A strong blast early on July 26, 2025 damaged an apartment building in a suburb of Greece's second city Thessaloniki, wounding two passersby and shattering windows of nearby buildings. Six cars were also damaged in the explosion in the suburb of Sikies and anti-terror police were probing the incident, public broadcaster ERT said. (Photo by Sakis Mitrolidis / AFP) (Photo by SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • The blast struck around 2:10 a.m. outside the ground-floor apartment of Konstantinos Varsamis in the Sykies suburb of Thessaloniki.
  • About 3 kilograms of explosives shattered windows in a block of flats and wrecked six cars.
  • Two bystanders sustained minor glass injuries and were treated and released, while Varsamis was unharmed.
  • A witness told police that a man was seen walking nearby shortly before the detonation, intensifying efforts to identify the suspect.
  • The bombing comes after similar attacks on public security figures and coincides with heightened tensions over gang influence at Diavata Prison.