Greek security guard shoots U.S. Embassy guard in Athens

Member of Greece's special police whose primary responsibility is guarding diplomatic buildings has shot and critically wounded a security member of the U.S. Embassy in Athens.

The policeman had fired two bullets at the U.S. Embassy guard who had been hired by the embassy as additional security.

Athens police and U.S. diplomats throw out any possibility this was a terrorist act, however, both sides believe the shooting had not been accidental.

The U.S. Embassy in Athens is the most heavily guarded and fortified object in the Greek capital. The embassy had been targeted numerous times by Greek leftist groups, most recently in 2007 when a rocket propelled grenade hit the front of the embassy building.

~ FYROM source: Macedonian International News Agency ~