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Greek police aks for German and Israeli teargas

Rix Dorf | 13.12.2008 22:01

some media sources claim that Greek police request tear gas supplies from Israel and Germany

Greek Police are apparently running out of tear gas. They are now seeking tear gas from Israel and Germany, claim several sources on Saturday. According to indy Israel, IMC Athens, the British Times online edition, the Belfast Telegraph and a number of Central Asian press agencies the Greek police have used more than 4,600 capsules. They even had to use old reserved stocks from the 1980ies, tear gas capsules which allegedly contain harmfull chemicals which caused Greek protesters vomiting and respiration problems.

The reports have given no sources for their claim, and there are no reports on German or Israeli official media, nor on German IMC

 https://israel.indymedia.org/newswire/display/9936/index.php

 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5331547.ece?Submitted=true

 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/greek-riots-a-taste-of-things-to-come-14106508.html?r=RSS

 http://www.turkmenistannews.net/story/441492

Rix Dorf