Greece police minister vows to solve 2010 deadly arson case

Greece's police minister Michalis Chrysochoidis has vowed to solve the 2010 Marfin bank arson case, one of the country's most notorious cold cases, after two men were arrested in the Athens area and a woman is set to be extradited from Britain. The attack occurred on May 5, 2010, during an anti-austerity protest when a firebomb was thrown at the bank in central Athens, killing three bank workers, including a pregnant woman. Chrysochoidis, who was police minister at the time, described the incident as 'one of the most heinous crimes' in Greece's last five decades. Police identified the suspects using advanced digital photographic analysis and an anonymous email tip-off, though lawyers for the suspects have called the evidence 'scant' and 'unreliable'. The minister stated the case is 'watertight' and that additional suspects remain unidentified. The attack occurred three days after Greece signed its first bailout agreement with international creditors.