Abducted Greek businessman Manolis Karamolegos managed to escape, after persuading one his kidnappers to let him go and surrender to the police. Karamolegos, who was abducted late on Tuesday, turned up at a police station on Wednesday afternoon, accompanied by one of his abductors.

An improvised homemade explosive device exploded outside the political office of Interior Minister Yiannis Michelakis in central Athens late Tuesday.