Suspicious suitcase in Kaisariani prompts bomb squad call and brief road closure

Alarm raised in Kaisariani

An alarm sounded on Wednesday afternoon, 4 November 2026, after a suspicious suitcase was spotted near the junction of Vryoulon and Efthymiou Mourikis streets in Kaisariani, a district of Athens. Police officers rushed to the scene together with a unit of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Section (TEEM). One report from the area said the case was in a flowerbed, hidden behind a bush. Some outlets gave the junction as Vryoulon and Fokaias streets, so the exact crossing is reported with some variation.

Area cordoned and checked

Police blocked the wider area as a precaution while the bomb disposal unit examined the bag. Vehicle traffic at the junction was halted for safety reasons. According to the Hellenic Police, the temporary traffic arrangements in the area were later lifted and vehicles were passing normally again.

Controlled explosion and outcome

One report, from NafTemporiki, said TEEM specialists carried out a controlled explosion of the suitcase to deal with the incident safely. Reports from the scene did not give details of the suitcase's contents, and the outcome of the check was not yet clear in the earliest reports. Later reports confirmed that traffic had been restored.

Open questions

The circumstances in which the suitcase was left at the site remained unknown in the early reporting. Authorities had not, in the articles reviewed, said what the case contained or who had left it there.