Athens a boiling cauldron!

After the latest dramatic incidents, with the murder of the 44yo father in 3rd Septemvriou and yesterday’s bloody events that left one protester fighting for his life, Athens is beginning to look like a boiling cauldron.

For two days now a crowd has been gathering at the site where Manolis Kantaris was killed and the atmosphere is very tense. Everybody is expressing their rage for the terrible crime and the chorus is the same for all: We are afraid to walk in our own city and they are driving us out of it…

A procession with candles and a memorial service in the memory of the 44yo father will be carried today at 4.30pm at the site of his murder.

These past few days, there have been violent incidents between far-right organizations and immigrants. On Tuesday afternoon, members of these organizations beat savagely on a foreigner while they attacked other immigrants who happened to pass by the murder site.

Today’s gathering will beguarded by police forces due to the fear of incidents, and authorities will be on high alert for new clashes between far-right group members and immigrants.

Last night, at the intersection of Stratigou Kalari and Konstantinidi, Kato Patissia, strangers knifed a man from Bangladesh to death. The motives of the murder have not been established, but according to police officers the possibility of a racist attack is being investigated, based on some evidence that the perpetrators were speaking Greek.

Meanwhile, tension is also prevailing due to yesterday’s serious incidents in downtown Athens and the brutal beating of protesters, especially of the 31yo who is fighting for his life. At 6pm today, the Coordinator of Primary Unions and many organizations of the Left are organizing a rally against the attacks of riot police during the protest strike at 6pm at Propylaea.

The main building of the University of Athens is under occupation by a group of anarchists who, according to information, will organize a demonstration sparked by the serious injury of the young man in yesterday’s GSEE protests. As organizers said to APE-MPE, the demonstration will probably take place during the afternoon, in protest against police violence, which resulted in the serious injury of the young man, who has been hospitalized in critical condition. In the courtyard of the University, members of the organizing committee of the occupiers are broadcasting music as a call to the passers-by.