Three suspects arrested after fatal Plaka explosion
The three suspects in the investigation into the explosion that killed six people in Athens’s Plaka district have been arrested. SKAI and ERT reported the arrests on the evening of 29 October. The case concerns suspected damage to gas pipes to steal copper.
According to ERT, the three men were arrested after the investigating judge issued warrants against them. SKAI confirmed the arrests in an update at 22:07 Greek time. The broadcaster reported that the suspects were being held at the specialist fire-investigation unit DAEE.
SKAI, Kathimerini and CNN Greece reported the investigation’s findings on 29 October. The explosion struck a building on Lysikratous Street in Athens’s historic district. Investigators identified three people suspected, on the inquiry’s findings, of sabotaging natural-gas pipes to remove copper.
The specialist fire-investigation unit DAEE reconstructed the scene to establish where items had been found and the sequence of events. It combined this work with audiovisual material, communications data obtained after confidentiality restrictions were lifted, and evidence collected from the building.
According to Kathimerini, appointed electrical-engineering experts, a chemist and the National Technical University of Athens’s metallography laboratory assisted in examining the material.
