US ambassador issues statement in wake of vandal attack

In a statement issued a day after anarchists defaced his Athens residence to express solidarity with jailed November 17 terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas, US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt described the attack as "vandalism" and the hitman as a "murderer" while expressing gratitude for the response of the Greek government. He added that his Twitter comment after the attack got more attention than most of his statements on social media over the past three years.
This is the statement in full:
My tweet [Wednesday]... probably got more attention than anything else I've done on Twitter in three years in Greece, but I do want to elaborate a little more. Especially in light of some of the subsequent discussions and the declarations by Rouvikonas. First and most important, we are grateful for the quick response of the Greek government, and frankly the expressions of sympathy...