A local anti-capitalist group has claimed responsibility for the bombing outside the Bank of Greece on April 10, confirming suspicion that the attack was carried out to coincide with Greece's first bond issuance in four years and a visit to Athens by Angela Merkel, the German chancellor.

The ‘Revolutionary Struggle', a left-wing outfit that is calling for a "social revolution" to rid Greece of its ongoing austerity programme, said it was behind the attack in a 4,000-word statement posted on the