Far-left extremists' gun used in attack: Greek police

A handgun used in an early Monday attack that seriously injured a Greek policeman had been used in a prior strike claimed by a far-left organisation that had also fired a rocket at the US embassy, police said.

A handgun used in an early Monday attack that seriously injured a Greek policeman had been used in a prior strike claimed by a far-left organisation that had also fired a rocket at the US embassy, police said.

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The gun had been used in a 2007 attack on an Athens district police station claimed by Revolutionary Struggle, an extreme left group whose past actions.