A quite big demonstration of school teachers, pupils and university students is going on in Athens. Some info speak for 10,000 participants. Few leftist journalists say that when they tried to approach riot police that was holding and beating a 13 year old girl in to protect her with their cameras, the riot police attacked them and beat them. Riot police is attacking schoolchildren without any real reason near Korai street and they arrested some of them, In general the last days, whenever policemen appear somewhere near the demonstration, usually clashes against them start. The demonstration now (14.00) is calmer again and is on Stadiou street.(14.47) Huge amounts of tear gases are falling against the massive demonstration (new estimates increase the participants to 15 even 20 thousand people) in Sintagma square. Schoolchildren reply with rocks and fruits against fully equipped riot police. (15.00) Clashes with predominant the tear gases continued after Sintagma in Panepistimiou str. Some people reported getting fainted by the gases, one pupil fell in front of policemen who left her there until protesters went to offer first aid. (15:40-16:00) Clashes outside the Law School, a petrol bomb fell on a riot policeman who was set alight, but the info say that he is ok. (17:00) a small group of people attacked and smashed the office of the lawyer Alexis Kougias, who defends the accused policemen (and who said that "justice will show if Alexis had to die or not" and on a tv channel that "his death was a will of God")
(14.30) In Vouliagmenis avenue a private car ran over two schoolchildren who were protesting with their colleagues. The kids are reported being lightly injured. Witnesses took note of the plates of the car and they discovered that they are not registered. So they speak possibly for a secret agency's car or something similar.
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