15/11/2010
Over 3000 protested today in Athens as Greece's finance minister prepared to meet with officials from the IMF. Minor clashes occurred and a US citizen was reportedly beaten by police and later hospitalized. Athens, Greece.
Minor clashes occurred during the protest as a small number of hooded protesters lit up garbage and threw stones at the police.
However, when the protesters were heading to the Athens Polytechnic on Patision Avenue, a motorcycled police force charged the crowd without obvious reason and started beating a female protester of American citizenship. She was knocked semi-unconscious and was hospitalised.
On Wednesday a mass protest is expected as it is the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic Uprising.
~ Source: Demotix; Images ~
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