Greek Group That Targeted Citigroup Warns of Plan for Revolt

Greece’s Revolutionary Struggle, the group that said it targeted two branches of Citigroup Inc. in Athens, warned it will use the global financial crisis to spur a revolt that will end capitalism.

[efoods]The group targeted the branches because it wants to make Greece “hostile territory for the criminal agents of international capital, like Citibank,” according to an eight- page statement published in the weekly newspaper Pontiki today. Revolution is “our duty, here and now. This crisis should be the tomb of the system,” the group said.

The militants also threatened journalists and media groups and said it would continue “safe” attacks on random targets, “taking the appropriate measures for the safety of citizens.”

Revolutionary Struggle, which surfaced in 2003, claimed a spate of attacks on banks, international companies and police officers in the wake of riots sparked by the police shooting of Alexis Grigoropoulos, 15, in December. The only casualty in the attacks is a policeman who was hurt. There have been no arrests.

A bomb exploded at 3 a.m. local time on March 9 outside the Citibank branch in the suburb of Filothei in northern Athens. The blast smashed windows of the bank. Last month police foiled a car bomb attack on a Citibank branch in the northern suburb of Kifissia.

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This article was posted: Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 9:46 pm

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