"He went to grab my knife, he lost his balance and fell on it." The 39-year-old companion of the 39-year-old well-known member of the anarchist collective Rubicon, who is accused of murder, told the police of the Department for the Prosecution of Crimes against Life

A self-styled anarchist who on Monday threatened that a notorious “anarchist cooperative” he belongs to will engage in “interventions” at numerous tourist sites in Athens if Greek police engages in a clampdown on street crime and vandalism was duly arrested hours later on a charge of inciting illegal acts.

Thursday night was a busy night for police, with two attacks, one at a Hellenic Post office (ELTA) and at SYRIZA's offices in Tavros, with sledgehammers and a another attack with gas stations at a bank branch in Ambelokipi.