THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A woman was killed early Saturday in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki when a bomb she was carrying exploded in her hands, police said. The 38-year-old woman apparently was carrying the bomb to place it outside a nearby bank around 5 a.m., police said. Several storefronts and vehicles were damaged by the explosion.

A woman has died in Greece after a bomb exploded in her hands, police say. They say she was standing outside a bank in the northern city of Thessaloniki when the device went off early on Saturday. Officers suspect she may have been planning to plant it next to a cash machine.

The Greek police's division for organized crime was investigating the incident, while authorities were also investigating whether the woman might have had ties to extreme leftist groups.