The latest high-profile incident in Athens’ Exarchia district, considered the Greek capital’s “hub” for anti-state activists and groupings, came on Thursday evening, when eight coast guard officers and a prosecutor were accosted and attacked by up to 50 individuals, including armed gunmen.
The law enforcement detail was reportedly searching a residence on a drug trafficking warrant when attacked. One officer was cut in the leg, the others were threatened with weapons, including assault rifles, and a few had their service handguns taken by the perpetrators.
One of two women taken into custody at the residence also managed to escape during the incident.
A later announcement by the coast guard’s command praised the “coolness and self-restraint” of its officers in not using their service revolvers during the incident, “thus avoiding a greater clash with unforeseen results”.
Reactions by opposition parties were scathing in the aftermath, with the incident also attracting increased media attention.
Για να εμφανίζονται περισσότερα άρθρα της Ναυτεμπορικής στις αναζητήσεις σας εύκολα και γρήγορα, πρέπει να προσθέσετε το site στις προτιμώμενες πηγές σας. Μπορείτε να το κάνετε πηγαίνοντας εδώ.
