Italian embassy vehicle firebombed

An overnight arson attack has destroyed a car used by a senior official at the Italian embassy in Athens.

Italian premier Giorgia Meloni offered solidarity to the official and expressed "profound concern for the attack against her, probably of an anarchist origin".

The official was identified by Italian authorities as Susanna Schlein, a career diplomat and the sister of the Italian legislator Elly Schlein.

No-one was hurt in the incident outside the official's home in a northern suburb of the Greek capital.