Greek urban guerrillas OLA claim TV station attack

A Greek urban guerrilla group claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a blast last month outside one of Greece's biggest TV stations and it accused media of promoting a "capitalist" agenda in the country.

In the claim posted on a website, the Popular Fighters Group (OLA), accused media of helping to preserve a "rotting economic and political system."

Greek authorities had considered the group a suspect in the Dec. 17 attack on Skai TV's headquarters in Athens.

The makeshift explosive caused widespread damage to the building in the early morning attack. Two warning calls had preceded the blast and there were no injuries.

OLA said the explosives had been placed in a manner to minimize the risk of injury, but added that the media were fair game to be on the receiving end of "social counter-violence."

"From the time of their creation private...

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