Suspected arson outside Thessaloniki municipal building

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Emergency crews responded to a occurrence that broke retired extracurricular a municipal gathering successful Thessaloniki, bluish Greece, successful the aboriginal hours of Wednesday.

According to section media reports, unidentified individuals placed a small state canister extracurricular the building, which houses a Citizens’ Service Center (KEP) and a assemblage halfway for the aged (KAPI), earlier mounting occurrence to it successful an evident effort to trigger an explosion.

The state canister did not explode, and the blaze caused lone insignificant harm to the building’s entrance. Four firefighters with two occurrence engines were dispatched to the country but rapidly brought the situation under control.

Authorities person launched an probe into the incident. There has been nary authoritative remark connected imaginable motives.