Greece's Directorate for Combating Organised Crime (DAOE) has arrested two men, both aged 42, as part of the continuing investigation into the firebomb attack on May 5, 2010 on a branch of Marfin Bank on Stadiou Street in central Athens, which killed three bank employees. The arrests were carried out in the Athens districts of Kypseli and Chalandri, following the issuing of the relevant warrants.
A third suspect, a 46-year-old woman, is still being sought in connection with the case. An international arrest warrant has been issued for her, as she is believed to be residing permanently in Britain, where she moved six years ago. Her arrest by British authorities, who have been briefed on the case, is expected.
According to police sources, all three suspects are known figures from Greece's anti-authoritarian scene, a loosely organised anarchist-leaning movement. The investigation remains ongoing.
The attack took place on 5 May 2010, three days before Greek MPs voted on the country's first bailout memorandum, during a mass demonstration against the newly announced austerity measures. Hooded assailants infiltrated the protest and threw Molotov cocktails into the Marfin branch while staff were still inside. More than 20 people were in the neoclassical building at the time of the attack.
Three employees died in the fire that followed: Angeliki Papathanasopoulou, who was pregnant with her first child, Epaminondas Tsakalis and Paraskevi Zoulia.
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