Greek anti-terrorism investigators said Monday they were looking into previously unknown extremist group that claimed responsibility for outside the offices of railway company Hellenic Train last week.
No one was injured in the blast last Friday evening, but the office building’s facade sustained significant damage. The perpetrators had called two media organizations warning of the planned blast ahead of time.
The group, which calls itself “Revolutionary Class Struggle” claimed responsibility for the blast Sunday in an post on the “Athens Indymedia” website.
Why did group target Hellenic Train?
They said their targeting of Hellenic Train was a response to the company’s alleged neglect of Greece’s rail system, which they hold responsible for a deadly 2023 train crash.
The crash was Greece’s deadliest, with 57 people were killed and dozens injured when a freight train and a passenger trainwere accidentally put on the same track and collided head on.
Relatives of victims and opposition parties have also , and have .
The ongoing investigation of the crash has implicated 43 state officials, including .
Hellenic Train is a private train company in Greece that runs most passenger and freight operations. It used to be part of the Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE), the Greek national railway company, until it was sold to due to Italy’s “Ferrovie dello Stato” train operator during the Greek economic crisis.
Greece has a long history of politically motivated violence such as small-scale attacks on businesses, police, politicians and embassies by leftist and anarchist groups. The attacks usually have damaged property, but have rarely resulted in injury.
Edited by: Wesley Rahn
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