Published time: November 18, 2014 00:58
Edited time: November 18, 2014 01:43
Edited time: November 18, 2014 01:43
Over 70 arrests from various parts of Athens were made after clashes broke out following the mass march, according to social media sources. Police fired tear gas at groups of youths who hurled stones and plastic bottles while burning US and EU flags.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xAB6PYQhpPc
Official figures from #17ngr demo
& clashes in Exarchia 73 detentions & 10 arrests 7
protesters & 5 cops injured @doleross #rbnews#17ngr
— Joanna P. (@Inflammatory_) November
17, 2014
German boy got beaten by #greek#police#greece#polytexneio#17Nov2014#17ngr#Grčijahttps://t.co/OdXhzd5ecapic.twitter.com/ndi2H765aU
— Katja Lihtenvalner (@Lihtenvalner) November
17, 2014
Shortly after 8:30 p.m. local time, a group of young protesters
attacked a squad of riot police, which led to a manhunt in the
surrounding streets. Police used tear gas and stun grenades and
deployed Delta and Dias motorcycle police brigades to chase the
youths.
#Athens:
police attacks 2 reporters, raids #Exarchia,
uses stun grenades & teargas for no obvious reason http://t.co/LpJRODHB76 #Greece
— Ἱερώνυμος Λάμδα (@LePsychonaute) November
17, 2014
According to the Keep Talking Greece portal, a female photo
reporter and a male journalist – both working for the Greek
section of VICE – were assaulted by police while covering the
raid in the Exarxeia district of Athens.
Riot police allegedly beat the photo reporter and pulled her by the hair at the rally. A little later, the reporter was “harassed by eight policemen on motorcycles, the famous DELTA units, he was injured on the hand and knee, while right after four policemen got off their motorcycles and pushed him on the ground,” the portal reports.
Other information alleges that police also injured two kiosk workers, the Greek Tribune reports.
Police officers attacked a kiosk in Exarchia square and reports
suggest they beat up two of the people working there. pic.twitter.com/HeBfCD0Y2F
— Yiannis Βaboulias (@YiannisBab) November
17, 2014
The clashes came just after 40,000 students, workers, and
pensioners marched from parliament to the US embassy. The
protesters – who accuse the US of backing the 1967-74 military
dictatorship – shouted “EU, IMF out!” while marching.https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=unIracVG8Fk
About 7,000 police officers were deployed, with many stationed at the Polytechnic University – where dozens were slain by tanks that crushed the 1973 revolt.
#Athens,
#Greece:
Police brutality in #Exarchia.
Protesters attacked with batons & gas #17ngr#ACAB#FTPpic.twitter.com/wecDEPwpMS
— Insurrection News (@InsurrectNews) November
17, 2014
The demonstration takes place every year, with activists marching
to denounce the alleged role that US intelligence agents played
in the military dictatorship’s rise to power.