Sixteen people arrested during the violent incidents in Nea Smyrni on Tuesday night will face serious charges, including a charge of attempted murder for the man that attacked a police officer, according to a police announcement on Wednesday.
The announcement said the attempted murder charge has been drawn up against a young man identified as part of the group that seriously injured a 29-year-old officer at the junction of Agia Fotini and Nikolaou Plastira streets.
The others will face charges as accessories to attempted murder, inflicting bodily harm, joint attempt to inflict grievous bodily harm, attempted bodily harm as a group and violence targeting law enforcement and judicial officials, disturbing the peace, arson that endangered people, causing dangerous explosions, construction and possession of explosives, verbal abuse, damage to property and violating laws on arms, ammunition, explosives, explosive devices and violating measures against the spread of diseases.
The suspects under arrest will be led before an Athens public prosecutor on Wednesday.
According to media, the suspect charged with attempted murder is a young man of Albanian nationality resident of the western suburbs of Athens. He is known with the nickname “the Indian.”
Several of those arrested are reportedly football hooligans.
OMG…it defies words. It is a pity that violent elements will exploit relatively peaceful demonstrations to their own ends. What is all this about? There is a lot of anger and frustration out there and the lockdown won’t be helping.
Have to say I feel sorry for the Police that have to confront this. Sadly this is a world wide problem, a deep social malaise that is getting worse so where will it end.??
PS do these people have chanting lessons? They all seem to know the words!