Firebomb Attacks on Greek Officials' Homes Leave One Dead, Four Injured
WHO:
AP News - Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stated, “The blood spilled and division sown by the extremes will no longer be tolerated.”
AP News - Konstantinos Kyranakis, political committee secretary of New Democracy, said, “The world of New Democracy will not be terrorized.”
AP News - One person died and three others were injured in the firebomb attacks.
AP News - The attacks targeted members of Greece’s governing conservative New Democracy party.
AP News - Afroditi Nestora, a parliamentary candidate for the New Democracy party, owned one of the cars that was set ablaze.
AP News - Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who heads New Democracy, visited the injured in the hospital.
AP News - Konstantinos Kyranakis is the political committee secretary of New Democracy.
WHAT:
AP News - Mitsotakis described the attacks as “blind violence in public life.”
AP News - The attacks were characterized by Kyranakis as a “proper terrorist attack” aimed at New Democracy members.
AP News - Three pre-dawn firebomb attacks occurred, resulting in one death and four injuries.
AP News - The attacks involved crude explosive devices made with camping gas canisters.
AP News - The last of the three attacks caused injuries when cars and motorcycles were set ablaze.
AP News - The deceased was Afroditi Nestora's mother, who succumbed to burn injuries in an intensive care unit.
AP News - Two other residents were hospitalized due to the attacks.
WHERE:
AP News - The attacks took place outside apartment buildings in Thessaloniki, Greece.
WHEN:
AP News - The attacks occurred between 4 a.m. and 4:45 a.m.
WHY:
AP News - Kyranakis urged those who have tolerated political violence to reflect on their responsibilities.
AP News - Prime Minister Mitsotakis described the attacks as “blind violence in public life.”
AP News - Konstantinos Kyranakis stated that the attacks were a “proper terrorist attack” aimed at New Democracy members.
HOW:
AP News - The firebombs were made using camping gas canisters.
(UPDATED July 1, 2026 21:25 UTC)
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis condemned recent attacks as “blind violence in public life,” asserting that such actions will no longer be tolerated. Konstantinos Kyranakis, the political committee secretary of New Democracy, characterized these incidents as a “proper terrorist attack” targeting members of their party and emphasized that the world of New Democracy will not be terrorized. Kyranakis also called on those who have accepted political violence to reflect on their responsibilities in the face of these extreme actions.
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(UPDATED July 1, 2026 19:39 UTC)
In Thessaloniki, Greece, a series of pre-dawn firebomb attacks targeted members of the governing New Democracy party, resulting in one death and four injuries. The deceased was Afroditi Nestora's mother, who succumbed to burn injuries, while Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the injured in the hospital, condemning the violence as “blind.” Konstantinos Kyranakis, the political committee secretary of New Democracy, described the attacks as a “proper terrorist attack” involving crude explosive devices made from camping gas canisters.