Violent assaults against immigrants in Athens during August
Posted by clandestina on 29 August 2009
Two new attacks on refugees in the area of Aghios Panteleimonas
In the first case on August 6 an asylum seeker from Afghanistan was prevented from some Greeks to pass through the square and when he asked them the reasonhe was attacked by at least ten of them, who immobilized and beat him, and then left him unconscious on the street.
The local police did not register the event but referred him to a hospital where he remained the following day until dawn as his injuries were severe. He returned to the police station where he was deferred twice from filing a complaint. After this the victim with the legal advice of the Council of Refugees filed a lawsuit in Athens Prosecutor.
The more recent case is the one of an Afghan of recognized refugee status who has been receiving the last two weeks daily pressures and threats to close down his shop «so that foreigners stop gathering there». On August 17 about 10 people started hitting the window of the restaurant and told him to shut down; he refused, called the police for help but the police never came. He was forced to close his shop, since the threats were repeated, and the police never came on the spot.
source: http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=76200
One more fascist attack in Attiki Square
An Afghan immigrant was produced by ambulance to the emergency wing of Evangelismos hospital, having been heavily injured yesterday at 8.30pm on an attack at Attikis square. He suffers several injuries throughout his body and has been pierced with a crowbar beneath the heart!
He was attacked by a gang of fascists who patrol every night in the area. The standard, daily gathering spot of the fascist gang is just 30 meters from the Police Department of Aghios Panteleimonas. It is obvious that the contract between the fascists and the minister of public order involves daily patrols of thugs who stab and beat immigrants. In the summer many immigrants have been produced to hospitals according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
source: http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=1072344
