Unknown attackers fired automatic rifle shots at the German ambassador’s residence in Athens on Monday but caused no injuries, police said.
The shooting happened at around 3.30 am (0130 GMT) when German ambassador Wolfgang Dold was inside the residence in the north of the Greek capital.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which occurred as Greece prepares to take over the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union on Wednesday.
Anti-German sentiment has been on the rise in Greece in recent years over EU paymaster Germany’s perceived role in pushing for severe austerity measures in return for the country’s 240-billion euro (USD 330 billion) bailout.
Athens “strongly condemns this cowardly terrorist act whose only aim is to degrade Greece’s image abroad a few days before it takes charge of the European Union presidency,” said a statement by Greek Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos.