Forensic experts search for evidence in the car of Greek former Prime Minister Lucas Papademo | Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images Former Greek PM injured in car bombing Lucas Papademos was a caretaker leader of government at the height of the Greek debt crisis.

ATHENS — Former Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos was injured by a parcel bomb inside his car in central Athens on Thursday afternoon.

According to reports, he received injuries to his hands and legs when he opened the parcel. He was transferred to Evangelismos hospital along with his driver and his security officer, who were also injured.

The economist and former Bank of Greece governor served as caretaker prime minister from November 2011 to May 2012 after the resignation of George Papandreou, during the country’s most politically turbulent period at the height of the Greek debt crisis.

A police spokesman said Papademos and the two other people were hurt, apparently not seriously but adding that it was “too early to say.”

The state-run Athens-Macedonian News Agency cited medical sources saying that Papademos had suffered soft-tissue trauma in the chest area, as well as minor burns to the face.

“I condemn unequivocally the attack against Lucas Papademos. I wish a speedy recovery to him and the people who accompanied him,” tweeted Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

At the Bank of Greece, Papademos oversaw his country’s move from the drachma to the euro in 2002. He has also served as vice-president of the European Central Bank from 2002 until 2010 before being appointed the caretaker prime minister in the wake of the Greek debt crisis.

While there has so far been no claim of responsibility, Greek politicians have in the past been targeted by militant far-left and anarchist groups.

In March, The Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire, an anarchist group, claimed responsibility for sending parcel bombs to the German Finance Ministry and the offices of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Paris, where one person was injured. Another 8 parcel bombs were intercepted by Greek counter-terrorism police during a search of the main sorting office of the Hellenic Post.

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