Security Cameras Point To Four Suspects In "The Mall" Bomb Attack

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Four individuals whose faces cannot be clearly made out have been identified as the key suspects for the weekend terror strike at a shopping mall in the Athens suburb of Maroussi, based on witness accounts and footage from security cameras within the building and in the nearby train station Neratziotissa, police said on Monday.

Officers investigating Sunday morning's bomb blast at "The Mall Athens" said the four are believed to have set the bomb that later went off on the mall's first floor but they cannot be readily identified because they were wearing hoods and baseball caps that concealed their features.

Comparisons of their body type with that of individuals recorded in previous terror strikes indicate similarities that point to their being the same people, however. Police believed it likely that others were also involved in the terror strike, estimating their number between six and eight people.

They noted that the way the bomb was put together - using gelignite and a small quantity of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil (ANFO), two on-off switches and batteries in a cooking pot - was reminiscent of the terror group 'Conspiracy of Cells of Fire' but they did not rule out the possibility that an organisation under a different name would claim responsibility for the hit.

They are also seeking connections between this attack and that on the headquarters of the New Democracy party on Syggrou Avenue, though they consider it likely that the two attacks are by different groups acting simultaneously.

The bomb went off at 10:50 on Sunday morning at "The Mall Athens" shopping centre, lightly injuring two security guards who had been evacuating the public. (AMNA)