Bomb-disposal experts were dispatched to Egaleo and Aghia Marina stations after two callers told the police shortly after 1:30pm local time that two explosive devices were timed to go off at the stations at 3:40pm. On Monday, police had to evacuate the Neo Iraklio electric railway station after a similar call about a bomb, while another threat was made on Tuesday against a bank in Syntagma Square. Both proved to be hoaxes, the newspaper said.
2 Athens Metro stations evacuated over bomb scare
13 April 2017
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Police closed down and evacuated two stations on the Athens Metro system on Thursday in response to two anonymous bomb threats, Kathimerini reports.
