A 46-year-old Greek woman has been arrested in Britain over the 2010 firebombing of a Marfin Egnatia Bank branch in central Athens, which killed three employees. Police sources said Greek authorities activated an Interpol Red Notice on Saturday, leading to her detention in the United Kingdom, where she has lived for several years. Extradition proceedings to Greece are expected to begin in the coming days.
The attack took place on 5 May 2010, when the branch on Stadiou Street was hit with petrol bombs during a mass demonstration against austerity measures tied to Greece's first bailout memorandum. Three employees trapped on the third floor died of suffocation, including a woman who was four months pregnant. The case went unsolved for sixteen years until a reopened investigation, reportedly triggered by an anonymous tip, led police to identify three suspects through forensic re-analysis and comparison with material from an unrelated case file.
Two 42-year-old men were arrested in Athens on Friday and are due to appear before the investigating magistrate to be arraigned. According to the woman's lawyer, her client was informed of the charges and denies involvement, but contacted the Homicide Department of the Directorate for Combating Organised Crime to say she would return to Greece voluntarily to give her account.
Source: Athens News Agency
