Street barricades, molotov cocktails, stones, flares and tears gas turned the mass anti-austerity protest into a ‘war’ was between hooded protesters and riot police. Clashes are taking place in the areas around the Syntagma Square. May peaceful protesters remain in a safety distance, waiting the clashes to conclude and the demonstration to continue. There are reports of injured civilians and policemen.
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Inside the Parliament, where the debate on the new loan agreement is taking place, several left-wing deputies requested the stopping of tear gas. SYRIZ MP Lafazanis added that the game between riot police and hoodies must stop. “They don’t let the public will to be expressed.”
Greek Communist party (KKE) MP Marinos said “the government and the police are responsible for the riots.”
Both MP spoke of ‘parastatal mechanisms and powers’.
Greek media speak of 100,000 protesters and some 300 hoodies…
