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Experts examine cause of Athens blast that killed six; US Embassy assists families
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Capital and largest city of Greece
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland. With its urban area's population numbering over 3.6 million, it is the eighth-largest urban area in the European Union (EU). The Municipality of Athens, which constitutes a small administrative unit of the entire urban area, had a population of 643,452 in 2021, within its official limits, and a land area of 38.96 square kilometres.
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Six people have been found dead following an explosion and the collapse of a two-storey building in Athens’ historic Plaka district.
Structural checks on damaged neighbouring buildings begin on Monday, while relatives of the six victims, four of them American tourists, have arrived in Greece to give DNA samples so the bodies can be formally identified
Six people have died after a powerful explosion caused a building to collapse in Athens’ Plaka. A possible gas leak is being investigated, but no cause has been confirmed.