Three arrested over firebombings of homes linked to Greek ruling party

ATHENS, July 10 (Reuters) - ‌Greece’s counter-terrorism ​police ​arrested three people on Friday over a string of firebombings at homes ‌of people linked with the governing party ⁠which killed a woman last week, its citizens' protection ‌ministry said.

The 72-year-old mother ‌of one of the ruling party's parliamentary candidates died of burns and four people ​were injured in one of three firebomb attacks in the northern city of Thessaloniki ⁠earlier this month.

The unknown assailants left gas canisters that had ​been set on fire outside the three buildings. The first two attacks led ​to blasts that caused ‌only material damage, while the third wounded five people, including the woman ⁠who later died at a hospital.

Police have linked the suspects arrested on Friday with the third ⁠attack. They gave no further details.

Two of the targeted ​buildings included apartments housing figures of the ruling New Democracy, while the third was owned by a local ‌politician from the party.

Greece has a decades-long history of bomb and arson ‌attacks on politicians, although in recent years ⁠such incidents have ‌tended to cause ​only material damage.

(Reporting by Yannis Souliotis; Writing by Ivana Sekularac, Editing by William ‌Maclean)

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