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Some 1,500-2,000 people gathered today (Saturday night) at Agios Georgios Square in Kypseli. The rally took place a few hours after the police operation against residents that took place, which took place in the early hours of Saturday.
After the meeting, a procession followed to Kypseli Square. During the march, the shop windows were damaged.
Kypseli groups had called the rally, highlighting that public health concerns were being used as a pretext to invade public space.
According to the testimonies of the residents of the area, Agios Georgios Square is a square neighborhood, where many people always meet, where everyone is known and people, residents, families with children and friends spend a lot of time there.
The episodes
In the plaza after 10 p.m. Friday, there was a gathering of the LOATKI community and feminist groups, which had ended long before the police intervention and most of the people were gone.
As you can see in the video, a MAT squad and at least 20 DELTA motorcycles stormed into Agios Georgios square at night, where most of the area was located, most of them young.
Police with riot gear stormed a demonstration on Friday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck, while police with riot gear stormed a demonstration on Friday, eliminating hundreds of protesters by truck. It should be noted that today (Saturday) the prosecutor prosecuted the four detainees. According to the information, the charges refer to attempts at dangerous bodily harm, violence against employees, disobedience and insult.
Plaza goers and residents complain that police stabbed and wounded citizens in surrounding alleys. The police attack took place after the lights in the plaza were turned off.
According to residents, there were around 200 people in the plaza, all young. The police made no recommendation for them to leave, but they shed tears and indiscriminately chased those who were there and in the surrounding alleys. Furthermore, no one understood that a serious incident had occurred, which could have caused the MAT to intervene with tear gas and clubs.
Citizens took to the streets in several squares of Attica yesterday afternoon, meeting, for example, in the square. from Ilioupoli, Bournazio, Nea Smyrni, but the situation in Kypseli escaped.
The police version
The version of EL.AS. is that around 12:50 there was a phone call to the immediate action of a man, who claimed that someone had stabbed and robbed him. Police sources said their forces called for reinforcements after they reached the plaza and saw 250 people, some of whom threw bottles and stones.
The new incident of repression occurs a few days after the “padlock” in pl. Ag. Ioannou of Agia Paraskevi. The emptying of the squares seems to be the new field of glory for Michalis Chrysochoidis, despite the fact that yesterday he tried to present the citizen to the police with his statements. “EL.AS. He will be close to people again, as he has been during these two months, with respect for the personality and dignity of each one, with a friendly disposition, with advice, so that we can all take the second step together , until we can finally disappear this invisible enemy of the crown, “said the defense minister.
