Assailants set Turkish consulate employee's car on fire in Greece
Unknown assailants set the car of a Turkish consulate employee ablaze early on Dec. 23 in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, amid tense relations between the two countries over several issues, including mineral rights in the Aegean Sea to Cyprus. "There was extended damage," a Greek official said about the incident that took place around 3:30 am. There were no injuries.
Reuters
Unknown assailants set the car of a Turkish consulate employee ablaze early on Dec. 23 in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, a police official said.
Authorities were investigating the incident which took place around 3:30 am.
"There was extended damage," said the official who declined to be named. There were no injuries.
Arson attacks are not uncommon in the country which has a history of political violence.
Athens and Ankara, NATO allies, are at odds over various decades-old issues ranging from mineral rights in the Aegean Sea to Cyprus.
A recent deal between Turkey and Libya over maritime boundaries has angered Greece, which sees the move as infringing its own sovereign rights.