Gunmen opened fire at a Greek police station
early Tuesday, but there were no casualties, news reports said.
The attack took place in the western suburb of Korydallos and
Greece's most dangerous left-wing terrorist group, Revolutionary Struggle, was
suspected of having carried it out, the reports said, dpa reported.
According to the reports, the shots fired were from a similar
semi-automatic weapon that the group had used in the past. A hand grenade was
also thrown at the police station.
The incident took place about one month after a policeman was
seriously injured after individuals open fire with semi-automatic weapons in
central Athens.
The left-wing group sent a statement to the weekly Pontiki
newspaper saying it was behind the January 5 shooting, which left a 21-year-old
police officer in serious condition in hospital, as well as an attack on a riot
police bus.
The group also said it was responsible for the foiled bombing
of petrol company Shell's headquarters in Athens.
The attacks against the police followed Greece's worst rioting in decades in December, which was triggered by the police killing of
a teenager.
Within hours of the boy's death, riots broke out across the
country, which were also fuelled by anger at government scandals and growing
poverty.
Two years ago, Revolutionary Struggle fired a
rocket-propelled grenade at the US embassy in Athens.
The group first emerged within months of the capture of
deadly terrorist group November 17 in 2003.
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