Greek journalist gunned down, police cite terror

[Blue_Tires]

Source: CNBC

ATHENS, Greece - A Greek journalist was gunned down in a pre-dawn attack outside his home Monday by suspected members of a Greek terrorist group that had vowed to target the media, police said.

At least two attackers fired 16 shots at 37-year-old Sokratis Giolias, killing him instantly after luring him from his home Athens' eastern neighborhood of Ilioupoli, reportedly by telling him his car was being stolen.

Giolias headed the private Athens radio station Thema FM and wrote on a popular online news blog, Troktiko, which often deals with political, business and social scandals.

The blog said two or three gunmen were believed to have shot Giolias, who was married with a young child. Police said they believe more than one gunman was involved.

Sixteen bullet casings recovered from the scene matched two 9-millimeter weapons used by the Greek terrorist group Sect of Revolutionaries, police said in a statement.

The group emerged after Greece was hit by widespread rioting in December 2008, sparked by the police's fatal shooting of a teenage boy. It has previously claimed responsibility for killing an anti-terrorist police officer in June 2009 and for attacking a private television station with gunshots and an explosive device in February that year.

Greek authorities have battled increasingly deadly attacks by militant groups since the 2008 riots. Last month, a letter bomb exploded inside the Civil Protection Ministry — one of Greece's most heavily guarded buildings — killing a close aide of the minister.



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[Renew Deal]

1. Maybe it's his marriage with a young child that caused the problem.

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[1monster]

4. huh? I could swear that the article said he was married and had a young child...

The syntax was not the most clear, but the meaning was pretty obvious. He was married and the father of a young child. :eyes:

[AtheistCrusader]

2. Did this story change?

I saw it earlier today, and it seemed to be worded that the police were responding to a terrorist threat to his home, and the cops mistakenly shot him. Not accurate?

[Blue_Tires]

3. I've been reading a couple of various accounts, but nothing like that

[architect359]

5. No. Your version is not accurate. n/t

[AtheistCrusader]

6. Wild. Not sure if I'm losing my mind

or if I got ahold of some very early, erroneous copy.

[coyote]

7. That was a contract kill from high above.

What's the price of revealing political scandals on an internationally-acclaimed Greek blog? 20 bullets in cold blood.

The news reveals a sordid side of Greek life with criminal gangs controlling political movements and using party accounts to launder large sums. It seems Socrates Giolias, aged 37, got on the wrong side of them.

Some are already asking whether this may be an officially-sanctioned killing in view of the way he exposed political and economic corruption.