ATHENS |
Wed Oct 9, 2013 4:52pm EDT
(Reuters) -
Six hooded assailants doused the office of Greece's merchant marine minister
with gasoline on Wednesday and set it on fire, causing only minor damage to the
entrance, police said.
The fire,
in an apartment block in the upscale Kolonaki area in central Athens, was put
out and no one was hurt.
There was
no immediate claim of responsibility. Government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou
condemned the attack, saying democracy cannot be terrorized.
Attacks on
political figures and journalists have picked up in recent months, some claimed
by anti-establishment leftists angry about Greece's financial woes.
(Reporting
by Lefteris Papadimas; Writing by George Georgiopoulos; Editing by Alison
Williams)
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