Greek militant group claims Golden Dawn killings

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Source: Reuters

A Greek anti-establishment group has claimed responsibility for a drive-by shooting this month that killed two supporters of the far-right Golden Dawn party and raised fears of an escalation of political violence.

The previously unknown group "Militant People's Revolutionary Forces" said the attack had been carried out in retaliation for the fatal stabbing of anti-fascism rapper Pavlos Fissas, to which a Golden Dawn sympathiser has confessed.

Police could not confirm the authenticity of the claim, which came on the eve of rallies to commemorate the 40th anniversary of a bloody student uprising against the military junta that ruled Greece at the time.

"The brazen murder of Pavlos Fissas was the drop of blood that made the glass overflow," the group wrote in an 18-page letter filled with anti-establishment invective published on the news website www.zougla.gr . It called the rapper's killing a "turning point".

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[Matariki]

1. goddammit I really hate these people

for stealing the name of the fraternal order I belong to and then doing such stupid fucking atrocious things.

[penultimate]

7. You were part of a fraternal order called Militant People's Revolutionary Forces?

Oh wait, you probably meant Golden Dawn.

[Marrah_G]

8. I was taken a back tha first time I heard the name of the Greek Group

I thought they must have surely made a mistake, before I realized it was a different group all together.

[cheapdate]

2. Golden Dawn are violent thugs. They reap what they sow.

[Oakenshield]

3. My sentiments exactly.

eom.

[nomorenomore08]

4. I can't feel sorry for people who preach hate and violence, but this is only continuing the cycle.

I have the feeling more people will be killed in this back-and-forth.

[Behind the Aegis]

5. Smartest comment to date.

[fasttense]

6. Every time I hear about the Nazi group Golden Dawn, I think about the common expression for urine

Golden Shower. They are similar.

[JackRiddler]

9. Note that this is a letter.

There is no confirmation as to the authenticity of the claims. And there probably can be none. A "previously unknown" group could easily be a completely fictitious one.

There has been no evidence advanced as to the identities of the two men on the motorbike who committed the act.

That this claim of responsibility should come more than two weeks after the murders on Nov. 1st makes it all the more dubious.

The murders themselves had the character of a gangland hit, which would not be the least surprising given Golden Dawn's heavy involvement in racketeering.