A group of unknown assailants has thrown makeshift petrol bombs outside the house of a Greek minister in central Athens, causing damage but no injuries. police said.
The attack took place outside the house of State Minister Alekos Flabouraris, a top adviser to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, in the downtown area of Exarchia, police said.
A car that belonged to Flabouraris' security team parked outside his house was burned and another was seriously damaged.
The ruling leftist Syriza party condemned the attack, saying that it will not undermine democracy in the country.
Attacks against politicians, banks and business people are not uncommon in Greece, which has a long history of political violence. Attacks have escalated since 2010, when it first adopted unpopular austerity measures in exchange for multi-billion-euro bailouts by the European Union and the IMF.
Athens agreed to further rounds of austerity under a third bailout agreement signed up last summer.
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