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Suspicious bag in Athens' Exarchia prompts explosives unit check and road closures
Traffic was halted on two streets in central Athens on the morning of Tuesday, 27 October 2026, while the TEEM explosives disposal unit examined a suspicious bag left on a pavement in Exarchia. NewsIT later reported that the traffic arrangements had been lifted.
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A suspicious bag was located in the middle of a pavement in Exarchia, Athens, on the morning of Tuesday, 27 October 2026, prompting an increased police presence.
A team from the Explosive Mechanisms Disposal Department (TEEM) went to the site to examine the bag for dangerous content.
Benaki Street was closed from the height of Kallidromiou Street to the height of Eressou Street, and Kallidromiou Street from the height of Zoodochou Pigis Street.
Bag found on a pavement
Police in Athens were alerted on the morning of Tuesday, 27 October 2026, to a suspicious bag in the middle of a pavement in Exarchia. The call brought an increased police presence to the district and an immediate operation to examine the bag's contents. Several outlets describe the object simply as a bag, and the Greek news agency ANA-MPA, cited by one outlet, gave the same description.
Explosives unit and road closures
A team from the Explosive Mechanisms Disposal Department, known as TEEM, went to the scene to check the bag for anything dangerous. While the checks were under way, traffic was stopped on Benaki Street from the height of Kallidromiou Street to the height of Eressou Street. Traffic was also halted on Kallidromiou Street from the height of Zoodochou Pigis Street. One report said the closures were also linked to the operation to remove the object from the site.
Traffic restored
NewsIT reported that the traffic arrangements put in place at the site had since been lifted and circulation restored. The sources do not say what the bag contained or whether the check found anything dangerous. Only one of the six reports covers the restoration of traffic, so the later status rests on that single account.
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- in.grAlarm over suspicious object in ExarchiaΣυναγερμός για ύποπτο αντικείμενο στα Εξάρχεια - Κινητοποιήθηκε το ΤΕΕΜ · original in Greek
- NewsITSuspicious bag found in Exarchia: TEEM operated at the scene and vehicle traffic was restoredΎποπτη τσάντα εντοπίστηκε στα Εξάρχεια: ΤΕΕΜ επιχείρησε στο σημείο και αποκαταστάθηκε η κυκλοφορία των οχημάτων · original in Greek
- Η ΝαυτεμπορικήExarchia: Alarm over suspicious objectΕξάρχεια: Συναγερμός για ύποπτο αντικείμενο - Ποιοι δρόμοι είναι κλειστοί · original in Greek
- ΣΚΑΪAlarm over suspicious object in Exarchia: TEEM unit at the sceneΣυναγερμός για ύποπτο αντικείμενο στα Εξάρχεια: Στο σημείο κλιμάκιο ΤΕΕΜ · original in Greek
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