Police carry out explosion near Olympic complex

Athens police exploded a box found in a Land Rover dealership car park near an Olympic Games complex today.

An employee had noticed a ”suspicious box” in the car park which is on a main road in the Greek capital, police said.

An anonymous caller later claimed a bomb was set to go off in the area, but police found no devices following hours of searching.

It was not immediately clear if the item destroyed by bomb experts contained explosives.

Authorities are on high alert following triple bomb blasts outside an Athens police station on May 5 that was claimed by a group complaining about stringent security measures for the August Olympics.

The area where police conducted the controlled blast is within a half a mile of the second-largest Olympic sports complex, built on the site of the city’s old seaside airport.