Parcel bomb defused after delivery to Greek senior judge
No one has claimed responsibility for attack on Thessaloniki judge
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Explosives experts in northern Greece on Monday safely defused a parcel bomb that had been delivered to a senior judge at her courthouse office, police said.
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The judge in the country's second-largest city of Thessaloniki found the package suspicious and didn't open it, calling court police who evacuated the building.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Greek flag is photographed cast against a clear sky. (Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Few members of the public were in the courthouse at the time, as most trials have been postponed due to a lawyers' strike.
A scan revealed an explosive device, which army bomb experts defused.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Similar attacks have been carried out in recent years by small far-left militant groups targeting symbols of authority.