Greece arrests three over explosion that killed six people in Athens

Straits Times30 October 2026, 07:51 UTCGreece

ATHENS, Oct 30 - Greece has arrested two Greek men and an Albanian national suspected of stealing copper gas pipes from a building, causing a leak that led to a deadly explosion in central Athens last month, authorities said.

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