Bomb mechanism outside Halandri Bank

Police have cleared the area outside the bank after an unknown caller warned of a bomb threat

The Greek Police are on alert after a phone call made to news site at 5.30 a.m. for a bomb outside Eurobank on the corner of Konstandinou Paleologou and Agias Paraskevis streets at Halandri. The police have cleared the area, closing down Papanikoli and Agias Paraskevis streets.

The unknown caller gave the bomb a 40-minute time frame that has already been passed but the bomb has yet to explode.

It is unknown whether the unknown package outside the bank is a bomb or just a farce.