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 () |
Facility/Infrastructure Attack |
Type of Attack () |
Unarmed Assault |
Successful Attack? () |
Yes |
Target Information ()
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 () |
Yes |
Criterion 2 () |
Yes |
Criterion 3 () |
Yes |
Doubt Terrorism Proper () |
No |
Who
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
"State PAO: Greek Media Reaction Report 22 December 2017," US Embassy Public Affairs Office, December 22, 2017." |
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"Hooded vandals attack journalists' union in Thessaloniki," EKathimerini.com, December 21, 2017." |
"Greece: journalists' union ESIEMTH and two municipal media attacked in Thessaloniki," European Federation of Journalists, December 21, 2017." |