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Gunmen attack Greek police station in Athens
By ELENA BECATOROS, Associated Press Writer Elena Becatoros, Associated Press Writer – 2 hrs 50 mins ago
Greek anti-terrorist police investigate outside a police station, following an AP – Greek anti-terrorist police investigate outside a police station, following an attack, in the Korydallos …
ATHENS, Greece – A suspected left-wing terror group attacked a police station in Athens Tuesday, shooting at the building and throwing a hand grenade, a month after a similar attack seriously wounded a policeman.
Anti-terrorist police were investigating the pre-dawn shooting in the Korydallos district of western Athens, in which three attackers wearing hoods and helmets opened fire on the station, police spokesman Panagiotis Stathis said. They also threw a hand grenade that did not explode. No injuries were reported.
Last month, domestic terrorist group Revolutionary Struggle claimed responsibility for a Jan. 5 shooting that seriously wounded a 21-year-old riot policeman in central Athens. The group is possibly best known for [COLOR="_______"]firing a rocket-propelled grenade into the U.S. Embassy in Athens[/COLOR] in 2007. Washington offered a $1 million reward for information leading to the capture of Revolutionary Struggle members.
Stathis said police were investigating a claim of responsibility made in an anonymous telephone call to a local newspaper shortly after Tuesday's attack. He did not say which group the caller claimed to represent, but Greek media said the call was made in the name of Revolutionary Struggle about an hour after the shooting.
A police statement said [COLOR="_______"]19 bullet casings of two different calibers were found at the scene[/COLOR] and were being analyzed, and that the assailants had opened fire from a distance of about 15 meters (16 yards).
Stathis said earlier that several 9 mm bullet casings had been recovered — the same caliber as an [COLOR="_______"]MP5 submachine gun used in the past by Revolutionary Struggle[/COLOR].
The group, which first appeared in 2003, issued a statement after the Jan. 5 shooting vowing to continue attacks. It said its actions were a response to the fatal police shooting of a 15-year-old boy in Athens on Dec. 6 that sparked the worst riots Greece had seen in decades.
"The December riots were a good message for what will follow," the group had said in its statement, which called for social revolution and violence against all forms of authority.
It also claimed responsibility for shooting at a riot police bus Dec. 23, in which nobody was injured, and for an attempted bombing on Oct. 24 of the Greek offices of oil giant Royal Dutch Shell PLC in Athens. In the past, Revolutionary Struggle had criticized the police for being heavy-handed, and had vowed to retaliate against any form of police suppression.
Greece has been troubled by terrorist violence in recent decades, but cracked down on violent groups before the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
The country's deadliest terrorist group, November 17, killed 23 people in shootings and bombings between 1975 and 2002 before a botched bombing led police to capture key group members.
In its annual report on terrorism last year, the U.S. State Department said it believed Revolutionary Struggle and November 17 could be linked. Revolutionary Struggle has carried out at least six bombings since 2003, targeting police stations, government ministries, a bank and a courthouse.
(This version CORRECTS UPDATES with police details. corrects date of earlier attack to Jan. 5. ADDS photos, background on terror group.)
