Incident Summary:

12/20/2017: Assailants attacked the TV100 and FM100 Municipal Media building in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. At least one person was injured in the incident. The Minorities of Metropolitan Attacks claimed responsibility for the attack.

Overview

GTD ID:
201712200033

When:
2017-12-20

Country:
Greece

Region:
Western Europe

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Macedonia

City:
Thessaloniki

Location Details:
The incident occurred at a tv and radio station.

What

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more)	Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Type of Attack (more)	Unarmed Assault
Successful Attack? (more)	Yes

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Journalists & Media
Name of Entity	FM100
Specific Description	Municipal Media Building
Nationality of Target	Greece
Target Type: Journalists & Media
Name of Entity	TV100
Specific Description	Municipal Media Building
Nationality of Target	Greece

Additional Information
Hostages	No
Property Damage	Yes
Extent of Property Damage	Minor (likely < $1 million)
Value of Property Damage	Unknown

How

Weapon Information
Type	Sub-type
Melee	Blunt Object
Weapon Details
Crowbars were used in the attack.

Additional Information
Suicide Attack?	No
Part of Multiple Incident?	No
Criterion 1 (more)	Yes
Criterion 2 (more)	Yes
Criterion 3 (more)	Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more)	No

Who

Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name	Claimed Responsibility
Minorities of Metropolitan Attacks	Yes (Confirmed: Unknown; Mode: Unknown)

Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators	Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators	0

Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties	0 Fatalities / 1 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities	0
Number of U.S. Fatalities	0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities	0
Total Number of Injured	1
Number of U.S. Injured	0
Number of Perpetrators Injured	0

Sources

Sources
"Greece: journalists' union ESIEMTH and two municipal media attacked in Thessaloniki," European Federation of Journalists, December 21, 2017."
"Hooded vandals attack journalists' union in Thessaloniki," EKathimerini.com, December 21, 2017."

"State PAO: Greek Media Reaction Report 22 December 2017," US Embassy Public Affairs Office, December 22, 2017."