Twenty three rioters detained in Exarchia after protest march on anniversary of student killing
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
Police detained a total of 23 people and led to the Athens police headquarters so far during intense clashes between rioters and police around Stournari Street and Charilaou Trikoupi in Exarchia late on Tuesday.
The clashes came after the end of a march by anti-establishment activists and non-Parliamentary leftist groups marking the 8th anniversary since the killing of teenager Alexis Grigoropoulos by police fire in 2008.
A group of anti-establishment protesters hurled petrol bombs, flares and other objects at riot police, who responded with the use of tear gas and flash-bang grenades, making the atmosphere stifling.
Earlier, the protesters also set fire to a car parked in the area, broke and pulled up pavement slabs and set up numerous roadblocks on nearby Benaki Street. Police helicopters were flying over the area.
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