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Group claims Greek police attacks | Group claims Greek police attacks |
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A left-wing militant group has claimed responsibility for shooting and seriously injuring a 21-year-old police officer last week, police say. | A left-wing militant group has claimed responsibility for shooting and seriously injuring a 21-year-old police officer last week, police say. |
In a statement sent to a newspaper, Revolutionary Struggle also said it was behind a gun attack on a police bus on 23 December, in which no-one was hurt. | In a statement sent to a newspaper, Revolutionary Struggle also said it was behind a gun attack on a police bus on 23 December, in which no-one was hurt. |
Revolutionary Struggle has carried out attacks before, including firing a rocket at the US embassy in Athens. | Revolutionary Struggle has carried out attacks before, including firing a rocket at the US embassy in Athens. |
Analysts say they fear Greece's recent unrest could fuel domestic terrorism. | Analysts say they fear Greece's recent unrest could fuel domestic terrorism. |
The attacks follow Greece's worst riots in decades, sparked by the fatal police shooting of a teenager in Athens in early December. | |
Link to November 17 | |
Police said Revolutionary Struggle had sent a pamphlet to the weekly Pontiki newspaper, claiming responsibility for the 23 December attack on the bus, the 5 January shooting of a policeman, and a failed bomb attack on Shell's headquarters in Athens. | |
"The anti-terrorist squad has gone to the Pontiki weekly's offices and is investigating," police spokesman Panagiotis Stathis told Reuters. | |
It was not clear whether Revolutionary Struggle had given any reason for their attacks. | |
The anti-capitalist group is seen by some as Greece's most dangerous militant threat, following the break-up of the November 17 organisation in 2002. | |
The US state department says Revolutionary Struggle has "aligned itself with the ideology of N17" and may have incorporated some of its former members. | |
It believes the group is behind several attacks, including the 2004 murder of a Greek guard outside the British defence attache's residence, and a bomb attack on the Greek culture minister in 2006. |
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