A group of unknown assailants smashed the windows of several shops on Ermou street, the most commercial street in downtown Athens off Syntagma square and the Parliament.
The attack took place short after 2 0′ clock on Wednesday morning, the group caused damage to more than ten shops in the area.
The security guard of a private company told media, the vandals were a group of some 25 people wearing hoods.
Apart from shop windows they also smashed tables and chairs of the many cafeterias and bars in the area.
The guard informed the police but the attackers had fled when police arrived.
Two tourists from Germany who happened to walk around in the area were detained. They were later released.
Police sources cited by local media said the vandalism was believed to be “an expression of solidarity with Constantinos Giagtzoglou, a 29-year-old terrorist suspect who was recently transferred from Korydallos maximum security prison to a Larissa penitentiary.”
Giatzoglou is been accused of for having sent parcel bomb to Schaeuble, the IMF and former Prime Minister Loukas Papadimos in May 2017. He was arrested in October.
At 12 o’ clock noon, a group signing with the name “anarchists” uploaded a statement on a website of the anti-authoritarian movement in Greece and claimed responsibility for the attack warning at the same time of more attacks in the city and threatening “We’ll become everyone’s nightmare.”
At the same time, some 30 to 40 people raided the offices of Avgi daily in downtown Athens and staged a sit-in.
The group hanged a banner in solidarity with the Giatzoglou and threw leaflets saying “in solidarity with the hunger-striker Giatzoglou.”
In a statement uploaded on Avgi website, the group said that the hunger-striker “has lost 10 percent of his body weight” and that his life was at risk.
The sit-in was ended an hour later.
Anarchists have smashed also the windows of eleven shops in Thessaloniki and set a garbage bin on fire.
Shop owners estimate that the cost to restore the damages is between 2,500 and 3,000 euros.
