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Greece: Afghani migrant critically injured in Patras; clashes with riot police

@ | 03.03.2009 01:55 | Social Struggles

athens &patras imc's still down..................

from  http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2009/03/02/43-2329-afghani-migrant-critically-injured-in-patras-clashes-with-riot-police-erupt/

On the afternoon of March 2 an Afghani migrant was critically injured when hit by a truck in the port city of Patras. According to eyewitnesses the migrant was deliberately run over by the truck driver, having just fell off from another truck he was trying to hide into in order to get on board a ferry to Italy.
Infuriated migrants and others in solidarity clashed with the riot police who were quickly reinforced with the only too well known “concerned citizens”, ie local fascists. Barricades were set up and the riot police responded with tear gas and few consecutive charges that pushed the gathered crowd into the main migrant camp, approx two kilometres from the city’s port.

The situation seems to have de-escalated at the moment. More tomorrow.

On a different note, to those who have been asking what happened to the to Greek IMC’s (Athens and Patras) - they are both facing technical problems - this isn’t a state attack, only technical difficulties that people are working round the clock to resolve…

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