Greek police say they have seized explosives and weapons in a search of a storage area in an apartment building in Athens. The search comes about two weeks after raids on five locations in Athens uncovered large quantities of explosives and firearms.
ATHENS , Greece — Greek police said Wednesday they had seized explosives and weapons in a search of a storage area in an apartment building in Athens .in Athens uncovered large quantities of explosives and firearms in an operation aimed at dismantling what authorities described as a significant criminal weapons storage and distribution network.
Organized crime and racketeering groups have periodically carried out small-scale bombings and targeted killings in Greece. The country also has a decades-long history of far-left extremism involving small urban groups.in central Athens killed a man believed to have been putting together an improvised bomb. It seriously wounded a woman in the apartment.
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