An armed group, “Sangre Negra,” claims an explosive attack on the Thessaloniki home of Greece’s prison officers’ union president and vows further strikes on corrections and judicial targets, elevating near-term risk to personnel and bystanders.

Extremist arsonists in Athens have escalated attacks on state infrastructure, explicitly linking their violence to government involvement in sex trafficking, demonstrating how scandals can rapidly become catalysts for anti-state militancy.