Prosecutors are investigating the serious injury of a 16-year-old girl during clashes with police

The prosecutor’s office of first instance will investigate the circumstances of the attack serious injuries to a 16-year-old girlthat occurred during an anti-fascist event that ended in clashes with police in the western Athens suburb of Neo Heraklion on Saturday evening.

The head of the prosecutor’s office of first instance demanded an urgent preliminary examination to investigate the events as a result of which the minor was found unconscious on the road with a serious head injury. The prosecutor is investigating a possible “attempted murder” against the victim.

The 16-year-old girl remains in the intensive care unit of an Athens hospital and her life is no longer in danger, state broadcaster reported Monday morning ERT. However, she still cannot testify to the investigative authorities about what happened.

Anti-fascist organizations and groups condemn “police violence” and demand clarification on this matter.

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Police issued a statement saying they were subjected to a violent “unprovoked attack” by a group of 50 people with their faces covered. Police say the men “immediately dispersed without police using their equipment.”

Police Statement:

In connection with the incidents, the Greek police headquarters explains:

• 28.10. At about 20.15, police from the Ο.Π.Κ.Ε. group, searching for a group of people who had previously broken into a store, causing damage and injuring two people, were attacked unprovoked by about 50 people in the Neo Iraklio area.
• These people, with their facial features covered, attacked with stones and bottles, and immediately dispersed, without the police using their equipment.
• After the above-mentioned individuals left, police observed a woman lying on the ground wearing black clothing, gloves, a surgical mask and hood, and discovered she had a head injury.
• While trying to provide first aid to her, a group of 100-150 people with covered faces, wooden and metal sticks, and other objects carried out another attack on police officers, as a result of which 2 official vehicles were severely damaged and 2 officers were injured.
• To combat the new attack, police officers used appropriate means, as a result of which the attackers fled, and an ambulance was called to the scene, which, accompanied by police officers, took the victim to the hospital, where she is being treated. It was established that this is a girl who was detained for participation in the above attack and was subsequently temporarily released by order of the competent prosecutor. At the same time, she was examined by a forensic pathologist at the hospital.
• At the scene of the attack, a protective helmet covered with black paint, 3 stones, and a glass plastic bottle were discovered and seized.
• On 10/29, early in the morning, a group of approximately 200 people gathered in Exarchia, where they split into small groups. Of these, a group of 80 people threw 8 Molotov cocktails, 4 of which were explosive, and set fire to two garbage containers, as well as stones, sticks and bottles at the police officers of the subdirectorate for restoring order, who were at the scene and used appropriate means. Three Molotov cocktails were seized and will be sent for laboratory testing.
• A preliminary investigation into the incidents is being conducted by the State Security Unit, and an administrative investigation has been ordered.

Solidarity rallies

On Monday evening, anti-fascists organized a rally of solidarity with the wounded girl in the center of Athens. Protesters said the girl suffered injuries after she was beaten by police when she fell to the ground.

Arrest of 4 members of the Rubicon group

Athens News previously reported arrest of 4 anarchists from the Rubicon group who took part in this rally. The prosecutor’s office of the Athens District Court of First Instance opened a criminal case on charges of causing dangerous bodily harm, carrying a weapon, disturbing the peace, damaging property and disobeying authorities against four members of the anarchist group Rubicon.

It is reported that the anarchists were arrested on October 29, as they were identified as members of a group of people who attacked a store in the Nea Ionia area on the afternoon of October 28, 2023.

According to a statement by the Greek police, a group of approximately 15 people parked their two-wheelers in an area of ​​Nea Ionia and proceeded on foot to a store where they caused damage with their hands and a collapsible baton carried by one of the group members, leaving two people in the area were injured. After being charged, the four detainees were taken to the appropriate court.

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Left-wing media accuse the police of wanting to shift the blame from their officers to anarchists

“Under the weight of the reaction and accusations of brutal beating of a minor Greek police announced today that those arrested attacked a store in one of the areas of Nea Ionia, and their actions “preceded the attack on police officers” last Saturday“, writes a popular left-wing publication Efsin (newspaper editors). A case was opened against the anarchists from Rubicon for attacking a store in Nea Ionia.

https://rua.gr/news/procrim/58650-protiv-anarkhistov-iz-rubikona-otkryli-delo-za-napadenie-na-magazin-v-nea-ionii.html

Police say the group of about 15 people “Having parked the two-wheelers in the Nea Ionia area, she went on foot to the store, where, covering her faces, she caused damage with her hands and a collapsible baton, which was carried by one of the group members, and also injured two people who were in the area. After assessing the information and data The involvement of the accused in the attack on the store has been established.”.

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