Police violence: woman dead at Corfu (Greece) anti-disposal centre demonstration

From: greekelp@yahoo.gr

A 43-old woman protesting against the Lefkimmi (Corfu, Greece) disposal centre construction lost her life. She was hitten during the clashes when the cops drove on her a 16 year-old motorcyclist while they were hitting him. Another protestor is possibly paralysed, from the same incident... She was a mother of a 2 year-old. She participated in a demo of some 150 of her fellow-villagers against the illegal construction of a work dangerous for life and the environment of her area, that keep fighting alone for months, building barricades against police violence. On the clashes: http://directactiongr. blogspot. com/2008/05/residents-clash-with-riot-policemen. html Photos from an independent news source can be found here: http://www.corfunews.eu/ More photos from the clashes: http://picasaweb.google.com/xytaLefkimis/xukRyH/photo#5206863940925201138 In Lefkimmi, a village in southern Corfu, the government plans on building a disposal centre for the whole island, despite the ancient ruins lying underneath, as well as the fact there are no plans concerning the environmental degradations and the consequences on local wildlife and on the residents' life conditions. The residents have organized several demonstrations during the last months, many of them have faced police violence.