An explosive device went off on Thursday morning outside a well-known cathedral in the upscale Kolonaki district of central Athens, wounding a nearby police sentry, and, according to other reports, a church sexton.
The blast was reported at 7.02 a.m. (05:02 GMT) outside the Aghios (St.) Dionyssius Orthodox Cathedral. The two men reportedly suffered light injuries, police said.
In a first statement to the press, a parish priest, Father Symeon, said a metal box seen outside the church's main entrance when the sexton opened the cathedral, and before a morning mass had begun.
