Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
59/100
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Crime & Law
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
Three men have been arrested in Greece in connection with a deadly explosion that killed six people.
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that → arrest → people
Two Greek nationals and an Albanian have been held on suspicion of stealing copper gas pipes from a building in Athens that blew up on September 25.
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that → hold → September
The blast happened around 7.30am in the historic district of Plaka after one of the residents turned on the light.
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one → happen → light
According to Proto Thema, the three suspects allegedly entered the building in the early hours of that morning and cut and removed part of a copper pipe, which damaged the installation.
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which → accord → installation
Natural gas started escaping into the building and accumulated on the second floor.
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gas → start → floor
It ignited by an electrical spark when the light was flicked on.
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light → ignite → spark
Of the six killed in the explosion, four were American citizens - Florida Hoxha, 34, her husband Ian Kirkpatrick, 37, her brother Florin Hoxha, 36, and his partner Eris Caney, 39, who was five months pregnant with a baby girl.
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who → kill → girl
All four were due to return home to the US later that day, said Florida and Florin’s brother Clyde Hoxha, who added that Florida and Ian had celebrated their wedding just 25 days before the tragedy.
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Florida → return → tragedy
The two other victims were an elderly couple, one British, one Greek - a man, 78, and his 77-year-old wife - who lived on the second floor where the explosion took place.
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explosion → live → place
Pictures from the scene showed the devastation, with more than half the residential building reduced to rubble and damage to neighbouring properties.
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building → show → properties
I mean, grief is anger.
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grief → mean → ?
But we are not blaming anyone.
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we → blame → anyone
We just want some peace, to know exactly what happened.
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what → want → peace
It is truly devastating,” said the victims’ brother Clyde.
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brother → say → ?
Following an investigation, experts with the fire brigade's crime investigation unit concluded that hours before the blast, the suspects damaged the two-storey building's main natural gas supply infrastructure as they removed the copper pipe parts, fire brigade officials said late on Thursday.
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officials → follow → Thursday
The blast narrowly missed a school bus carrying 12 children, which had passed along Lysikratous Street seconds before the gas explosion.
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which → miss → explosion
Debris rained down on the road and some of it struck the minibus, but all of the children escaped injury.
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all → rain → injury
The three suspects are expected to appear before a prosecutor on Friday.
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suspects → expect → Friday
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