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FEB 12 TIMELINE
01:00 Recap of the day's main events
"Greece en rage", might be an accurate description of what happened today.
FEB 12 TIMELINE
01:00 Recap of the day's main events
"Greece en rage", might be an accurate description of what happened today.
- Several preventive detentions in Athens took place before even the demo starts.
- Massive turnout as expected.The crowd was dispersed very early though, around 17:30-18:00 when tensions aroused on the front side of the demo and riot police officers started hurling teargas to repel demonstrators on the lower side of the square.
- The demo was split, but protesters remained en masse in the nearby roads, to avoid clouds of tear gas filling the air...which was literally unbearable. With sheer determination they attempted to get back on the spot but riot squad tactics were aimed at halting the demo. This cat-and-mouse chase kept for 3,5 hours.
- There were reports by journalists of policemen attacking on random people, protesting peacefully.
- Paul Mason, the BBC correspondent was attacked by a bunch of far right protesters as they thought he was German. The worst was prevented thanks to other people's intervention.
- Clashes spread across the city, with banks and retail outlets set on fire. Estimated number of arsoned buildings at
1045. - 100 people suffered injuries, while 74 have been arrested and 92 detained.
- In Thessaloniki 28.000 people demonstrated (including PAME members) and clashes broke out between protesters and riot police as well.
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| Feb 12, 2012 Demonstrators flooding the streets outside the parliament before clashes pic @Jaquou Utopie |
