Anarchists turned night into day in the area around the Polytechnic School in downtown Athens on late Wednesday.
They hurled petrol bombs and stones at riot police squads and set garbage bins on fire.
Police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.
On of the city’s main avenues, Patision Street, was closed to traffic form Alexandras Avenue to Omonia Square until 3: 30 in the morning.
Two men were detained, they are to be brought to prosecutor on Thursday. One of them is a Greek national, 21, the other one is Italian, 25 years old. The latter was holding a sledgehammer when he was arrested.
Reason for the riots? Greek media do not spare a word about it.
PS I suppose ‘reason’ is the usual anti-authoritarian attitude.
why “anti-authoritarian attitude?” Why don’t you call them, what they are, criminal thugs.
Tell this yours in Volos pl and write an article about how a Molotov Soda tastes
Because the criminals are the government, the IMF, the EU those people and organizations who let these guys to behave like this because they see no other way to of being seen and heard– they are watching the Greek people enslaved, humiliated, and brought to their knees by poverty and they don’t know how else to express themselves because no one is listening.
How about protests against best Nato-buddy Nazi-Turkey who was yesterday – while scratching her balls – cowardly lynching some 200 fighters of international anti-capitalist brigades and other civilians and volunteers in Syria-Kurdistan … just for being democrats and fighting for a future without nationalistic, religious and macho bullshit?
I’m actually surprised we haven’t seen a lot more of this sort of thing by now. However, I have a feeling that we will, if the oppression of Greece by the EU/IMF continues…