Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Military-Style Guerilla Attack Rattles Greek Riot Police

Dec. 8: A young boy walks by a burning barricade in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki as rioters smash, burn and loot buildings. Photo AP

From FOX News:

ATHENS, Greece — Ballistics tests show two military-type automatic rifles were used in an attack on a riot-police bus in Athens, authorities said Wednesday. The discovery raised fears of renewed violence by urban guerrilla groups that have targeted police in the past.

None of the 19 policemen on board was hurt in Tuesday's pre-dawn attack, in which at least seven shots were fired at the bus as it passed a university campus.

Authorities were also investigating a claim of responsibility for the attack made in an anonymous call to a news Web site. The caller reportedly said a previously unknown group calling itself Popular Action carried out the shooting.

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