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• Jan. 5: A woman looks out from her ground-floor window at the scene of a gunfire and hand grenade attack that severely injured a riot police officer in central Athens, Greece. Authorities say one of the weapons used by gunmen was the same one used against a police station last year in an attack claimed by a domestic extremist group that has previously targeted the U.S. Embassy. Monday's attack marks a sudden escalation of violence that erupted after the fatal police shooting of a teenager last month. Alexandros Grigoropoulos' death on Dec. 6 sparked Greece's worst riots in decades, with masked protesters frequently attacking police with gasoline bombs and rocks.
• Jan. 5: Police patrol control a civilian near the area where police officer was seriously wounded in Athens. Gunmen attacked a riot police unit in Athens Monday, seriously wounding a policeman in an escalation of violence after the fatal police shooting of a teenager last month sparked Greece's worst riots in decades. The pre-dawn attack was aimed at a riot police unit stationed outside the Culture Ministry in the center of the capital, police spokesman Panagiotis Stathis said, adding that the policeman had been hospitalized in serious condition.
• Jan. 5: Greek police and forensic experts investigate the scene of a gunfire and a hand grenade attack that severely injured a riot police officer in central Athens, Greece. In the background, bullet holes can be seen in the wall of the National Archaeological Museum, Greece's largest. Authorities say one of the weapons used by gunmen was the same one used against a police station last year in an attack claimed by a domestic extremist group that has previously targeted the U.S. Embassy. Monday's attack marks a sudden escalation of violence that erupted after the fatal police shooting of a teenager last month. Alexandros Grigoropoulos' death on Dec. 6 sparked Greece's worst riots in decades, with masked protesters frequently attacking police with gasoline bombs and rocks.
• Jan. 5: Police forensic experts investigate the area where police officer was seriously wounded in Athens. Gunmen attacked a riot police unit in Athens Monday, seriously wounding a policeman in an escalation of violence after the fatal police shooting of a teenager last month sparked Greece's worst riots in decades. The pre-dawn attack was aimed at a riot police unit stationed outside the Culture Ministry in the center of the capital, police spokesman Panagiotis Stathis said, adding that the policeman had been hospitalized in serious condition.
• Jan. 5: Greek police detain a man for questioning in central Athens, Greece, near the scene of a gunfire and a hand grenade attack that severely injured a riot police officer. Authorities say one of the weapons used by gunmen was the same one used against a police station last year in an attack claimed by a domestic extremist group that has previously targeted the U.S. Embassy. Monday's attack marks a sudden escalation of violence that erupted after the fatal police shooting of a teenager last month. Alexandros Grigoropoulos' death on Dec. 6 sparked Greece's worst riots in decades, with masked protesters frequently attacking police with gasoline bombs and rocks.
• Jan. 5: Greek riot police patrol the central Athens district of Exarcheia, near the scene of a gunfire and hand grenade attack that severely injured a riot police officer. Authorities say one of the weapons used by gunmen was the same one used against a police station last year in an attack claimed by a domestic extremist group that has previously targeted the U.S. Embassy. Monday's attack marks a sudden escalation of violence that erupted after the fatal police shooting of a teenager last month. Alexandros Grigoropoulos' death on Dec. 6 sparked Greece's worst riots in decades, with masked protesters frequently attacking police with gasoline bombs and rocks.
• Jan. 5: Greece's Police Chief Lt. General Vassilis Tsiatouras talks to the media during a press conference in Athens. Gunmen sprayed Athens riot police with automatic weapons fire early Monday, seriously wounding a policeman in an escalation of violence that erupted after the fatal police shooting of a teenager last month. Alexandros Grigoropoulos' death on Dec. 6 sparked Greece's worst riots in decades, with masked protesters frequently attacking police with gasoline bombs and rocks.
• Jan. 5: A police officer stays next to a poster that reads, "After the murder of the 15-year-old student, the lava of social uprising is spreading and setting fire," near the area where a police officer was seriously wounded in Athens, Greece. Gunmen attacked a riot police unit in Athens Monday, seriously wounding a policeman in an escalation of violence after the fatal police shooting of a teenager last month sparked Greece's worst riots in decades.