Five presumed parcel bombs were neutralised on Tuesday following the detection of four such rigged parcels on Monday in various parts of central Athens along with the arrest of two suspects in connection with the case, minutes after the duo allegedly submitted such a package to a courier firm.

On Tuesday, two explosions were recorded outside the Swiss and Russian embassies as authorities used controlled detonations to neutralise the devices outdoors. Another three suspected parcel bombs were neutralised through controlled explosions the same day. (ΑΝΑ-ΜPA)

One was at the Bulgarian embassy, a second was intercepted near Parliament and a third at the courier firm 'Geniki Tachidromiki' at the junction of Rizari and Georgiou streets in central Athens.

The third package was addressed to the German embassy in Athens but embassy staff refused to accept this when it was delivered and called police. Shortly afterward, a bomb squad neutralised the parcel through a controlled explosion at the courier firm's offices where the package was returned.