3 new arrests for gas canister attack in Athens, 05 June 2007

Sat, 9 Jun 2007

anarchist cores <anarcores@yahoo.gr3:00 in the night of June 5, 3 persons were arrested
in Palio Faliro - Athens (2 men 22 and 20 years old,
and one woman 21) by undercover cops. They are accused for
aledgedly attempting to burn up a police car. After their
arrest they were tortured for several hours by the cop pigs,
and they were taken to a hospital a day after. All three are
kept under detaintion (up to 18 months in prison before any trial).

The two young men are active in the anarchist movement, and
according to the polie one of them (22 y.o. unemployed) was
identified by some undercover cops bying gas canisters, as he had
been arrested in an anti-war riot 2 years ago. The other one (20
y.o. student in Pireaus University) is also an anarchist. They both
plead guilty to the prosecutor last Friday, and took responsibility
for the action. The girl is a student in the economics university,
and seems to have nothing to do with the action. She is in an
extremely bad condition as she was beaten and harassed, and she has
serious health problems, now faces a nervous breakdown. The two men
were also beaten (especially in the genitals) severelly and not
taken to a hospital until one day later...

All three are currently detained, according to greek laws = put
into prison for up to 18 months before the trial...

Home-made gas canister bomb attacks are an often common practice
of the antagonist movement in Greece, as some about 5-15
capitalist/police targets are damajed every month, mostly in
Athens, Thessaloniki, and sometimes other major cities. The greek
minister of public order, expressed a month ago his desire to have
at least one "gas canister bomber" arrested and prosecuted. After
the dissolution of leftish armed guerrilla groups such as the
"November 17", anarchists are on the top of the local
"anti-terrorist" agenda.

You can also check out the prisoner list on our site:
http://www.geocities.com/anarcores/krat.html

A photo police gave to the press:
http://assets.in.gr/AssetService/Image.ashx?c=3945874&amp;amp;amp;amp;r=0&p=0&t=0&q=70&w=300

Athens.indymedia on the 3:
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=716228

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