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One man was killed and two other people were injured in Athens late on Sunday after a bomb exploded near a public building without prior warning, police said.Bomb attacks by militant leftist groups are frequent in Greece and usually target police, public buildings or businesses, but this is the first explosion in years to kill someone. Urban violence increased in the country after the police shooting of a teenager in December 2008. Police said the person who died was dismembered, while the two injured, a mother and her daughter, were slightly wounded. The bombing took place in a heavily populated neighbourhood, where many immigrants live. A police official who declined to be named said the woman and daughter, whose injuries were more serious, had been taken to hospital. He said the two injured were probably Afghan immigrants and police were investigating if the man killed in the explosion was a relative. Another official said the attack's victims may have been rummaging through rubbish. There was no warning call before the explosion, which went off near a civil service school, and caused significant material damage to parked cars and adjacent buildings. Police cordoned off the area and anti-terrorism police were investigating the scene.
