Kolonos: four injured in explosion while officers examined a bag
Two police officers and two civilians were injured in a shared area of an apartment building. The Organised Crime Directorate is conducting the preliminary investigation.
Two police officers and two civilians were injured in an explosion in a shared area of an apartment building on Platonos Street in the Kolonos district of Athens on the afternoon of 21 October 2026.
According to the official Hellenic Police Headquarters statement, the building manager called the emergency police centre at 14:32 and reported finding a bag containing a jar with narcotic substances and a scale.
What the official statement says
Two officers on a security patrol attended. The manager and another resident showed them the bag, which was in a communal area on the mezzanine floor.
The explosion occurred at about 15:30 during the examination. The two civilians and the two officers were injured and taken to hospitals by ambulance.
Bomb-disposal and forensic-investigation teams attended the scene. The Organised Crime Directorate is conducting the preliminary investigation.
What remains unresolved
The official statement does not establish how the device was activated, a motive or a responsible person. The circumstances of the explosion, the origin of the items and any criminal responsibility remain under investigation.
Reuters and ERTnews corroborated the number and identities by category of the injured people. Reports about a possible activation method are not presented here as established fact before an official finding.
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