A 38-year-old woman has died in the Greek northern city of Thessaloniki after a bomb she was carrying exploded in her hands.
The explosion happened on Saturday
It was on Saturday May 3, at around 5am when the woman carrying a bomb had it explode in her hands in Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Local police reported that she had apparently been attempting to place it outside a bank.
She was aiming for an ATM
A senior police official told Reuters that she had probably been aiming for an ATM outside the bank, saying, “It appears that she was carrying an explosive device and planned to plant it at a bank’s ATM.”
“Something went wrong and it exploded in her hands,” he added.
The woman was known to the police
The Associated Press reports that the woman was known to the police for her involvement in past robberies, with a previous criminal record involving other crimes.
The incident is still being investigated for any possible ties to extremist groups.
The explosion comes after another less than a month ago
As per the CNN, this incident comes less than a month after another bomb exploded outside the offices of Hellenic Train in the Greek capital Athens.
The explosion outside Hellenic Train caused no injuries
The explosion outside the train operator office caused damage but resulted in no injuries as the people claiming responsibility for the bomb had apparently called the media to warn about it 35 minutes prior.
Travel advice to Greece has changed
Since the explosions, official guidance for travel to Greece has changed, with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in the UK, for example, warning of potential terror attacks.
The official guidance for anyone planning to travel to Greece says that “terrorists are likely to try to carry out attacks in Greece.”
They warn against explosives
The official travel guidance also says, “Attacks could be indiscriminate, including in places visited by foreign nationals.”
“There have been several attacks involving explosives and automatic weapons against Greek institutions, shopping malls, banks, media offices, diplomatic premises and the police.”
