Explosion injures four in Greek capital

ATHENS, Oct ‌21 (Reuters) - Two ​police ​officers and two members of the public ‌were injured in an explosion ⁠at a building in central ‌Athens, Greek police said ‌on Wednesday.

All four were taken away in ambulances, police ​said in a statement.

A police official who declined to ⁠be named said the explosion occurred when ​officers reached the building in the area of Kolonos and ​picked up a ‌backpack thought to contain drugs.

Police had earlier ⁠received a call from the manager of the building notifying ⁠them of the suspected drugs at the ​building's entrance. The manager was also injured in the blast, which ‌police are not treating as a terrorist act, ‌the police official added.

(Reporting ⁠by Angeliki Koutantou ‌and Yannis ​Souliotis; Writing by Ivana Sekularac; Editing by Hugh ‌Lawson)

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