Greek police detain 60 people after arson attack on central Athens bank

Monday, February 12 2007 news.infoshop.org

Greek police detained some 60 people in Athens after suspected
anarchists burnt a bank ATM late Monday, authorities said. Nobody was
injured in the petrol bomb attack in central Athens, which caused
minor damage. Police responded by raiding cafeterias frequented by
suspected anarchists in the city center, detaining around 60 people.
Nobody was arrested or formally accused of involvement in the
fire-bombing, which was the latest of a string of similar attacks.

ATHENS, Greece: Greek police detained some 60 people in Athens after
suspected anarchists burnt a bank ATM late Monday, authorities said.

Nobody was injured in the petrol bomb attack in central Athens, which
caused minor damage.

Police responded by raiding cafeterias frequented by suspected
anarchists in the city center, detaining around 60 people. Nobody was
arrested or formally accused of involvement in the fire-bombing,
which was the latest of a string of similar attacks.

A number of small anarchist groups have claimed responsibility for
the attacks, in which petrol bombs and homemade gas-canister bombs
were used against banks and government buildings and vehicles in
Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece's second-largest city.

Anarchists throwing stones and petrol bombs have repeatedly clashed
with police this year, during a series of student protests against
government plans to end a state monopoly on university education.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/12/europe/EU-GEN-Greece-Arson.php