Group claims attack on German ambassador’s home

Published February 11, 2014 9:58pm ET



ATHENS, Greece (AP) — An organization calling itself Popular Fighters Group claimed responsibility Tuesday for a December shooting attack on the German ambassador’s residence in Athens.

The group sent a 20-page manifesto to the weekly satirical newspaper To Pontiki saying the shooting, in which nobody was hurt, was a response to Greece’s financial crisis and Germany’s role in enforcing Greek financial reforms.

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