ATHENES : ATTENTAT CONTRE LE "GOLDEN DAWN"

Golden Dawn offices damaged by bomb

A makeshift bomb exploded at the offices of the far-Right political party Golden Dawn near Athens in the early hours of Tuesday, ripping through a wall and smashing the windows of an adjacent building but causing no injuries, police said.

Police stand guard outside the Golden Dawn offices after the explosion Photo: REUTERS

By Alex Spillius, and agencies

 04 Dec 2012

A police official, who declined to be named, said the attack was most likely carried out by a far-Left group. 

 "It was a powerful blast that caused a lot of damage," he said. "It looks like [domestic] terrorism." 

The device packed with dynamite was placed outside the party's local offices in Aspropyrgos, an industrial suburb west of Athens. 

The bombing was the first recorded occasion that the group has been targeted since its surge popularity during Greece's debt crisis. Riding a wave of public anger at austerity, corrupt politicians and immigration, its members have repeatedly been accused of using violence against immigrants. 

There are growing calls for the banning of the ultra-nationalist party, whose members have been seen giving Nazi-style salutes and whose emblem resembles a swastika. 

Golden Dawn has said it wants to rid Greece of all foreigners, including what it calls the "stench" of immigrants. 

(telegraph.co.uk)
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