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08:59, January 06, 2009 |
Greek President Karolos Papoulias and Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis on Monday condemned the attack in the early morning against three police officers in the Exarchia district and stressed that the attack targeted the country's democracy.
A three-member police squad guarding a culture ministry building in the Exarhia district of Athens was attacked at 3:05 a.m (0105GMT) Monday by three assailants with a Kalashnikov assault rifle and at least one more firearm, resulting in the serious injury of 21-year-old police officer Diamantis Mantzounis, who suffered two gunshot wounds.
President Papoulias said that the attempted murder of the three police officers aimed at harming Greece's democratic stability, which has been attained with sacrifices and struggles of the Greek people.
He stressed that the entire political world and the Greek people would "safeguard the country's democracy from such criminal actions."
The task of investigating the attack has been assigned to Greece's anti-terror squad. More than 40 individuals have been brought in for questioning, while police operation was continuing.
Source:Xinhua
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