Greek police arrest three over July 1 firebomb attacks

Greek authorities arrested three individuals on Friday, July 10, 2026, in connection with a series of firebomb attacks targeting ruling party politicians in the northern city of Thessaloniki earlier this month. The coordinated attacks on July 1 killed one woman and injured four other people.

The suspects, a 26-year-old woman and two men aged 29 and 24, were apprehended in separate operations on the island of Crete and in Thessaloniki. Police linked the trio specifically to the attack at the home of parliamentary candidate Afroditi Nestora. In that incident, a crude explosive device made from gas canisters detonated, resulting in the death of Nestora's 72-year-old mother, Vagia Nestora, who succumbed to her injuries. Afroditi Nestora, her father, and two other residents of the building were injured. The candidate was briefly released from the hospital on Thursday, July 9, to attend her mother's funeral.

The predawn attacks on July 1 targeted the residences of three figures associated with the governing New Democracy party within a 15-minute span. The other targets were former MP Savvas Anastasiadis and the president of the party's Thessaloniki steering committee, Zisis...