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Explosion causes damage to building in Peristeri, western Athens

Explosion causes damage to building in Peristeri, western Athens

Police on Monday were seeking the assailants behind an early morning explosion at a two-storey building in Peristeri, western Athens, that caused extensive damage but no injuries. 

The blast, which occured at 3.20 a.m., appears to have been provoked with a homemade explosive device comprising dynamite. 

It wreaked damage to the shutters of the ground floor of the building and to a nearby parked car. 

The building hosts a dentist's surgery, an IT company, an insurance firm and a nail salon. 

It was not immediately clear which of the businesses was the target of the assailant and assailants. 

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