Gun attack on PM’s party HQ escalates Greek violence
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | January 14, 2013 17:37Unidentified attackers opened fire on the headquarters of Greece’s governing New Democracy party with a Kalashnikov assault rifle early on Monday, in what the government said was a worrying escalation in political violence.
Police said a bullet pierced the window of the political office that conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras maintains in the building, but no-one was hurt.
The early morning gun assault follows a spate of makeshift bomb attacks against journalists and political figures in the past week, some claimed by leftist groups angry at Greece’s deep financial crisis.
Greece is in the sixth year of a recession that has fuelled anger against foreign lenders and the political class, blamed by Greeks for bringing the country close to bankruptcy.
Government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou condemned Monday’s shooting, saying even a symbolic attack on the prime minister was unheard of.
“This is a new, worrying escalation of the effort to create terror in our society,” he said.
Political violence is not uncommon in Greece but deadly attacks are rare.
Officials said Samaras no longer uses his party office on Syngrou Avenue near the center of Athens and was not present at the time of the shooting.
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