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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 17-05-18
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[01] One arrested, two detained after clashes in anti-austerity rally
in central Athens
[01] One arrested, two detained after clashes in anti-austerity rally
in central Athens
One person was arrested and two were detained after clashes between
protesters and riot police in an anti-austerity rally in central Athens
on Thursday, where unions, bodies, anti-establishment groups and citizens
gathered to protest against the new omnibus bill debated in parliament.
Hooded youths attempted to climb up the stairs in front of the Monument to
the Unknown Soldier on Syntagma square by throwing stones, petrol bombs
and flares. Riot police responded with tear gas and stun grenades. One
of the petrol bombs burned a cubicle of the Evzones guards located in
front of the monument.
According to police sources who spoke to the Athens-Macedonian News
Agency, the man arrested had an ax and a hammer in his possession. Clashes
later continued in front of the Grande Bretagne hotel.
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