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 caller said that the device was placed there in support of jailed Nikos Romanos, who is on the 30th day of his hunger strike pushing for the granting of his education furlough.

The police cleared the area, closing down Papanikoli and Agias Paraskevis streets.

The unknown caller gave the bomb a 40-minute time frame. The area was cordoned off and the police defused the bomb in a controlled explosion.

The image of the man who planted the bomb at the bank was captured by the safety cameras of the bank and the nearby stores. According to information, the young male of average height was disguised in an attempt to conceal his features, a fact that shows that he was aware of the presence of cameras in the area.