[國際新聞]--希臘

Police station attack tests Greek government
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摘要: 希臘社會主義政府上台後第一次遭到左派極端份子的的威脅。
星期二,他們攻擊了警察局,六個警員受傷,其中兩個重傷
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ATHENS -- Greece's new socialist government faced its first test against extremism Wednesday after an automatic weapons attack on a police station injured six officers, two of them seriously.


Four assailants on two motorbikes strafed the police station in the northern

suburb of Agia Paraskevi on Tuesday night. A total of 99 cartridges were

later recovered from the scene and a police source said two Kalashnikov

rifles were used in the attack.


A grenade pin was also found but it was not immediately clear if one of the

officers had used a flash grenade against the attackers.

A trainee policewoman hit in the lung afterbeing shot in the back was in

serious condition, needing an all-night operation to save her life, police said.

Another patrolman was shot in the abdomen and legs, while the remaining

four received lighter injuries.

A passerby was also hospitalised after suffering a nervous collapse

following the attack.



Police noted that the strike had been carefully timed to coincide with a guard

change outside the station and caught the officers in the open. They are the

extreme-left group Revolutionary Struggle, active since 2003 and listed

by the European Union and United States as a terrorist organisation, and the

Revolutionary Sect which appeared early this year.


Revolutionary Sect has threatened to indiscriminately kill police officers,

noting in a February letter heralding its appearance that “from now on,

the life of every cop is not worth more than a bullet.”


Leftist extremists have launched a number of attacks on police targets since

riots last December triggered by the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old youth.

But Monday's attack was the most damaging assault on a police station.

The socialists came to power earlier this month with pledges to crack down

on left-wing militancy.


But the recent attacks have put renewed heat on the police and Chrysohoidis

told parliament last week that the department “has gone to pieces.”

adpated from CHINA POST 2009\10\29
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