Heavy police operations across Greece curbed dangerous Easter traditions, reducing fireworks misuse and preventing incidents—though injuries still occurred despite thousands of seizures and arrests

The 14-year-old underwent emergency surgery, with doctors working to preserve hand function

Blast during homemade rocket construction ahead of Easter festivities leaves multiple people hospitalized with burns as authorities launch arrests and investigations

Case widens after witness terstimony allege inaction over gas smell before the blast that killed five female workers on their night shift

According to local press reports, the explosion occurred shortly before 4 p.m. in the city's Aghia Paraskevi district, with initial information citing two victims, aged approximately 80 and 60, believed to be mother and daughter

A 48-year-old man was detained after threatening to detonate explosives outside the Attica General Police Headquarters, with police safely disarming two grenades before transferring him for questioning

Authorities in Belgium say a pre-dawn explosion damaged a synagogue in Liege without causing injuries, prompting a federal investigation and increased security at Jewish sites

A 48-year-old Sudanese man, recently released from prison, was arrested outside Greece’s Athens police headquarters while threatening with two live grenades, raising questions about their origin and security protocols in high-risk public areas

The suspect was identified as a Sudanese man, 48, who may be homeless; he had threatened to blow himself up

The regional governor of Thessaly has ordered a temporary suspension of operations at the Violanta biscuit factory following last month’s deadly explosion that killed five female workers

The owner of the Violanta biscuit factory, where five female workers were killed in a Jan. 26 explosion, plans to appeal his pretrial detention as prosecutors cite “aggravating evidence” in the case

A judge ordered the factory owner jailed pending trial after a lengthy testimony over an explosion that killed five women, as new allegations and a fire report point to serious safety failures.

A suicide attacker struck during Friday prayers at a Shi’ite mosque on the outskirts of Pakistan’s capital, wounding nearly 170 people in one of the deadliest attacks the city has seen in years

Police say the 56-year-old targeted acquaintances’ vehicles with incendiary devices after they refused to lend her money, leaving one man seriously injured.

Investigators traced the propane leak that killed five workers to a cracked pipe joint, as authorities seized evidence and widened the criminal probe into safety failures.

Investigators point to a propane gas leak as the trigger of the deadly explosion at a food factory in central Greece, as company executives face criminal charges and workers describe repeated warnings and scenes of terror inside the plant.

The five fatalities at the Trikala factory blast come on top of 201 workplace-related deaths recorded in Greece in 2025, exposing serious safety gaps.

They were five women whose lives moved between shifts at the Violanta factory where they worked and family responsibilities. Their lives were lost in an instant

The deadly factory blast comes as Greece records 201 workplace deaths in 2025 and more than 14,000 job-related accidents annually

Five women were killed in a powerful overnight explosion at a food factory in central Greece, sparking strikes, protests, and a wide-ranging investigation into possible safety failures as authorities work to identify the final victim.