A bomb exploded inside the car of former vice president of the European Central Bank Lucas Papademos in Athens on Thursday, wounding him and two Bank of Greece employees.
All three were described as being conscious and hospitalised in stable condition. A health ministry official said Papademos suffered injuries to his chest and abdomen after opening a package in his moving car.
Papademos, 69, who served as prime minister for six months in 2011-2012 and is also a former vice president of the European Central Bank, had been inside his car when the device detonated.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
Papademos headed a provisional coalition government, preventing the collapse of the country's "international bailout" at the time. He also served as governor of the Bank of Greece between 1994 and 2002, when the country adopted the euro currency.
Greece, burdened with outstanding debt, has been experiencing a financial crisis since 2010. The country has received several bailout payments provided by the European Commission, European Central Bank and the IMF in exchange for implementing a number of austerity reforms. The loans, however, only resulted in the increase of the country's debt.
