Authorities in Greece say five people were hospitalized after three firebomb attacks struck apartment buildings in the northern city of Thessaloniki early Wednesday, with the attacks apparently aimed at the homes of members of the country’s ruling conservative New Democracy party.
All three incidents occurred between 4 a.m. and 4:45 a.m., with attackers using makeshift explosive devices constructed from camping gas canisters. Police said all five injuries resulted from the final attack of the three, during which vehicles including cars and motorcycles were set on fire.
Among the vehicles destroyed was one reportedly belonging to a New Democracy parliamentary candidate. That candidate sustained burn injuries, and her mother was admitted to intensive care with burns as well, according to police. Three additional residents of the apartment building were treated at a hospital for smoke inhalation.
Attacks by shadowy militant groups in Greece against politicians, law enforcement, and other authority figures are not uncommon. The vast majority result only in property damage with no casualties.
The latest attacks follow a similar incident in July 2025, when a bomb went off outside the Thessaloniki home of the president of Greece’s prison guards association. That official was not hurt, though two bystanders sustained minor injuries from broken glass. In June 2024, a police officer stationed outside a top judge’s home in Athens was wounded in a gasoline bomb attack.
