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A powerful bomb exploded outside private Greek television station Skai early Monday, causing extensive damage but no injuries. (File Photo<\/a>: \u038c\u03bb\u03b3\u03b1 \u0393\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03af\u03bb\u03b7 – Olga Gerovasili\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ATHENS, Greece \u2014 A powerful bomb exploded outside private Greek television station Skai early Monday, causing extensive damage but no injuries.<\/p>\n

Police said the blast occurred at 2:35 a.m. outside the broadcaster’s headquarters in a coastal area near Athens after telephoned warnings to a news website and another TV station prompted authorities to evacuate the building.<\/p>\n

There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Armed far-left and anarchist organizations have attacked news media outlets in the past.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a strike against democracy. Thankfully, there was only material damage \u2014 it’s a relief that no one was hurt \u2014 following the swift action taken by the police,\u201d Public Order Minister Olga Gerovasili said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will reinforce our democracy. This incident should give pause to those who leave a path open to terrorism and fascism.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said anti-terrorism police are leading the investigation. Dozens of police investigators wearing white coveralls collected evidence from the scene, much of which remained cordoned off.<\/p>\n

The blast shattered windows and damaged the front of the building, and tore through front offices. Nearby apartment buildings and cars were also damaged.<\/p>\n

The explosive device was attached to a metal crash barrier on a busy coastal road in the Faliro area south of Athens.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras condemned the bombing as \u201can attack of cowardly and dark forces against democracy itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Skai continued its live TV broadcast, reporting from outside the building, while radio broadcasts from inside the building were also operating.<\/p>\n

Journalist Nikos Filippidis arrived for work after the building was partially reopened.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are people who work here for the press, to inform the public,\u201d he said. \u201cThe damage will be fixed, but this feels like violence inside someone’s home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Monday’s attack bore some similarities with a Dec. 22, 2017, bombing of a courthouse building in central Athens. That attack was claimed by a far-left group called Popular Fighters Group.<\/p>\n

Greece has a history of armed attacks over the past four decades, mostly from radical far-left groups that began to emerge after a seven-year dictatorship that collapsed in 1974.<\/p>\n

Targets frequently include banks and embassies, as well as police and judicial sites.<\/p>\n

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